Altlang

//ˈɑlt.læŋ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A constructed language created as an alternate history of a real language.

    "Make a con-script, if your language would have it. (If your language is simply a Romance altlang that stays reasonably close to the original locations, it probably wouldn't use any alphabet other than the Roman.)"

Example

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"Make a con-script, if your language would have it. (If your language is simply a Romance altlang that stays reasonably close to the original locations, it probably wouldn't use any alphabet other than the Roman.)"

Etymology

Blend of alternative + language. By surface analysis, alt + -lang.

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