"sjtw69@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <sjtw69@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I'm probably not the most qualified person to answer this, but I seem
>to be one of the first, so I get to take a shot at it.
>
>Conlang is short for constructed language, artlang is short for
>artificial language. To me, conlang and artlang are the same thing,
>although I kind of like the term artlang a little more because it has
>"art" in it, and makes it feel more like an art project than a
>contruction project.
I believe that "artlang" is specifically used for those languages
created for an artistic purpose, as contrasted with those intended to
be auxiliary languages.
>Auxlang, I believe, is short for auxiliary language, and has more of a
>scientific, or logical, feel to it.
Auxlangs or those intended to be used for communications, and
specifically for communications between people who speak different
native languages. The assumptions are that the auxlang is easier to
learn and use than any particular natural language, and that it is
unbiased, so that the two speakers approach communication on an equal
basis.
In medieval times, Latin was an auxlang.
While Lojban was intended to be "scientific" or "logical", auxlangs
usually attempt to be "regular" (i.e. to follow simply rules without
exceptions).
lojbab
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