Conlanger

//ˈkɑn.læŋ.ɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who creates constructed languages (conlangs).

    "The fact that the Internet has given visible shape to communities of invented language proponents through web sites and chat rooms for enthusiastic conlangers (‘language constructors’) has probably done little to dispel its reputation as a somewhat unusual and, to all intents and purposes, intangible undertaking."

Example

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"Piero Armenti's sister thinks that I would rather create my own language, which I have been doing. I am still a conlanger. I prefer conlangs over natlangs."

Etymology

From conlang + -er.

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