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Encyclopedia > Conlanger

A conlanger is person who invents conlangs (constructed languages). Possibly the most famous conlangers are J. R. R. Tolkien and L. L. Zamenhof. One of the few professional conlangers is Marc Okrand. An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose vocabulary and grammar were specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture as with natural languages. ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916, wearing his British Army uniform in a photograph from the middle years of WW1. ... Dr. Ludovic Lazarus (Ludwik Lejzer) Zamenhof (December 15, 1859–April 14, 1917) was a Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist, philologist, and Zionist, and the initiator of Esperanto, the most widely spoken planned language to date. ... Marc Okrand is the inventor of the Klingon language. ...


Professional Conlangers

Conlangers who have been hired to create languages.

Marc Okrand is the inventor of the Klingon language. ... Reverend William Fulco (born 1936) is a National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. ... Thomas A. Shippey is a scholar of medieval literature, including Anglo-Saxon England, and of modern fantasy and science fiction, in particular the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, about whom he has written several mainstream books. ...

Published International-Auxiliary Conlangers

"Auxlangers" are conlangers who have created languages intended for international communication.

Charles Kay Ogden (June 1, 1889 - March 21, 1957) is a linguist and writer most prominently known as the author of a constructed language called Basic English. ... Dr. Ludovic Lazarus (Ludwik Lejzer) Zamenhof (December 15, 1859–April 14, 1917) was a Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist, philologist, and Zionist, and the initiator of Esperanto, the most widely spoken planned language to date. ...

Published Fictional Conlangers

Conlangers whose work has been published in books or other media that they created:

Richard Adams (born May 9, 1920 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK) is a British novelist who is best known for two novels with animal characters, Watership Down and The Plague Dogs. ... John Anthony Burgess Wilson (February 25, 1917 – November 25, 1993), better known by his pen name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer. ... Samuel Ray Chip Delany, Jr. ... Suzette Haden Elgin is an American science fiction author. ... Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction author. ... Georges Remi Hergé Georges Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... Ursula K. Le Guin at an informal bookstore Q&A session, July 2004 Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929), is an American author. ... Barry B. Longyear (born 1942) is an award-winning US science fiction author and screenwriter. ... Morioka Hiroyuki (森岡浩之: 1962-) is a Japanese sci-fi novelist. ... George Orwell George Orwell was the pen name of British author Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950). ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916, wearing his British Army uniform in a photograph from the middle years of WW1. ... Christian Vander (1948-) is a drummer and musician and founder of the band Magma, which sings songs in Kobaian, a constructed language. ...

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A Conlang FAQ (2266 words)
A constructed language, or conlang, is a language created consciously, usually by one person, rather than one evolving over long periods of time in a community of speakers.
J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the more famous conlangers of this century, devising numerous languages; he called conlanging his "secret vice." The medieval nun Hildegard of Bingen supplemented her vocabulary with almost 1000 words of Lingua Ignota, her "unknown language," when she wrote in Latin several hundred years ago.
Some conlangs are languages designed or intended to express meanings which other languages may ignore, neglect, suppress, etc., such as Laadan, created by Suzette Haden Elgin for her novel Native Tongue as a way to talk about women's language.
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