conlanger
English
WOTD – 7 February 2013
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.læŋ.ɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.læŋ.ə/
- Hyphenation: con‧lang‧er
Noun
conlanger (plural conlangers)
- Someone who creates constructed languages (conlangs).
- 2005, Mari C. Jones, Ishtla Singh, Exploring Language Change, page 154,
- The fact that the Internet has given visible shape to communities of invented language proponents through web sites and chat rooms for enthusiastic conlangers (‘language constructors’) has probably done little to dispel its reputation as a somewhat unusual and, to all intents and purposes, intangible undertaking.
- 2006, William Allison Shimer, The American Scholar, volume 75, page 99:
- The split was between two groups. The first was composed of people interested in quietly developing and discussing the languages they crafted for science-fictional worlds, what-if-a-language-did-this playfulness, or Tolkienesque fun (the true conlangers).
- 2005, Mari C. Jones, Ishtla Singh, Exploring Language Change, page 154,
Coordinate terms
Translations
one who creates constructed languages
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