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

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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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Monica Cellio‭ wrote over 4 years ago

And are we distinguishing between conlangs that already exist (like Esperanto) and ones that don't? Is Klingon a conlang that already esists?

Canina‭ wrote over 4 years ago

@MonicaCellio Good point. I had mostly brand new conlangs (effectively, topicality of questions about language construction) in mind when I posed this question, but topicality of questions regarding existing conlangs is also a valid discussion.