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Are conlang (artificially constructed natural languages) questions on topic?

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A major aspect to some people of building imaginary worlds is to come up with an artificial language for the people in that world; often referred to as "conlangs" for "constructed languages".

Are questions about conlangs on topic on Languages & Linguistics, or is the site's scope limited to existing (current and historical) human languages?

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I think questions about linguistics as applied to a language one is constructing (or has come across) should be on-topic as linguistics questions. For example: "Here's a description of how noun cases work in my novel's language.… I'd like some of the cases to disappear over time, replaced in use by others. Based on what has happened in other (real) languages and on linguistic principles, which cases would likely disappear, to be replaced in use by which?"


(I do not mean to imply that I think that's the only type of question about conlangs that should be allowed. I mention it because I suspect it's a large part of what the asker is asking about.)

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Moshi‭ wrote about 4 years ago

For your example I would suggest it being in Rigorous Science on SciSpec (which is basically our worldbuilding site), since it's much more about the building than about the theory. This is especially because the conlang is likely not going to match any case system in real languages. On the other hand, I would consider the more linguistically oriented "What types of noun cases tend to disappear, and what are they replaced by?" to be more suited for here as possibly [language-evolution].