On Sep 20, 5:03 am, Tom W <winterwhite9...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am new to the group and wish to ask what may seem a simple or 'dumb'
> question:
>
> What are the differences between the following?
> alt-langs
> art-langs
> aux-langs
> con-langs
> (are there others?)
"Conlang" refers to any constructed language. The other categories are
all subcategories of conlangs.
Auxlangs are auxiliary languages, those like Esperanto, Interlingua,
Volapu:k, Novial and Solresol that are intended to be used for global
communication, with out favoring one nation over another as natlangs
(non-constructed languages like English, Spanish, German, Hindustani,
Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin, Indonesian, etc.) do.
Englangs include Loglan, Lojban, Ceqli, aUI and Ro. They test some
aspect of linguistics, such as how human thought works. Loglangs
(Lojban, Loglan, Ceqli, gua!spi and the like) use mathematical-like
structures (well, it's arguable wihether Ceqli does this).
Philosophical langs, another subset of engelangs, include Ro and
Ygyde, with the letters in a word indicating its meaning. Then there's
Toki Pona, which tests minimalism and is said to be based on Taoist
philosophy. Socialese does something similar with socialist ideology.
Artlangs are basically all conlangs other than auxlangs, engelangs and
stealth langs. Artlang means "artistic language".
One type of artlang is the fictional language: Quenya, Klingon, Kesh,
Verdurian, Teonaht, Furbish, D'ni. These are spoken by concultures and
may appear in a movie, or a TV show, or a book, or a video game, or a
toy, or even music like Loxian and Hopelandic.
Altlangs are another subset of artlangs. These are alternative
languages, used in tracing an alternative history of Earth. The best-
known altlangs are those of the Ill Bethisad alternative history, like
Brithenig, Breathanach or Wenedyk. Brithenig explores what Romance
languages would sound like if they displaced Welsh and other Celtic
languages. The vocabulary is Romance, the phonology Celtic.
Micronational languages are another subgenre of artlangs. These are
languages like Talossan, used in wannabe countries, or "micronations".
Personal languages are another kind of artlang. These are created for
the joy of creating a language, with no fictional or micronational
speakers. They may be used to write diaries. They can test out things
like extreme verb systems or what a language with 150 clicks would
sound like. They may be created just because the creator loves
inventing languages. Taneraic is probably the best known example of
this.
Then there are jokelangs, like DiLingo or Europanto, parodic or
satirical types of artlang.
Hope this helped!
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