[84435] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: cha' Hol ngeb mu'ghommey Daj vItu'pu'!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark J. Reed)
Wed Apr 16 16:01:26 2008
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:42:55 -0400
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@mail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <34F148A4-E603-471B-A46E-72D499637C22@embarqmail.com>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Well, the term "constructed language", or "conlang" for short, is in
wide currency outside of the Klingon community; I see no reason not to
use it. It conveys the idea: someone sat down and constructed the
thing. It didn't just evolve naturally. You could also call it a
"planned language".
On the other hand, "planned language" could also refer to a language
that someone had planned to complete but never got around to.
Sindarin, anyone? :)
All languages may be artificial, but there's a difference between a
language that grows within a culture over time (centuries, millennia)
and one that a person or even a committee sits down to put together as
a conscious effort.
I don't like "imaginary language". tlhInan Hol may have been
"imagined" as the native language of an "imaginary" race, but that's
different from the language itself being imaginary...
--
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>
