Artlang

//ˈɑ(ɹ)t.læŋ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A conlang created for artistic purposes or aesthetic ideals.

    "1997 November 18, Jack Durst, “Proposal: new language-type name (fwd)”, alt.language.artificial.ngl, Usenet, The idea was for "functionlang" to be a useful term to describe a certain group of conlangs that weren't fitting into the pattern. Those being the (relatively rare) conlangs that were not artlangs, logiclangs, or auxlangs, but instead designed around some *other* specified purpose(s)."

  2. 2
    a constructed language designed for aesthetic pleasure. wordnet

Synonyms

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artistic language

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"1997 November 18, Jack Durst, “Proposal: new language-type name (fwd)”, alt.language.artificial.ngl, Usenet, The idea was for "functionlang" to be a useful term to describe a certain group of conlangs that weren't fitting into the pattern. Those being the (relatively rare) conlangs that were not artlangs, logiclangs, or auxlangs, but instead designed around some *other* specified purpose(s)."

Etymology

Blend of artistic + language. By surface analysis, art + -lang.

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