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altlang

US/ˈɑlt.læŋ/

altlang noun: a constructed language created as an alternate history of a real language.

Noun

altlang (plural altlangs)

  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.)2003 January 29, James Landau <neurotico@aol.com>, “Re: Fickleness”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu

Forms of altlang

pluralaltlangs

Origin of altlang

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

Questions about altlang

What does altlang mean?
Altlang means a constructed language created as an alternate history of a real language.
What part of speech is altlang?
Altlang is a noun.
How do you pronounce altlang?
Altlang is pronounced /ˈɑlt.læŋ/ (US).
What is the plural of altlang?
The plural of altlang is altlangs.

Words near altlang in the dictionary

  1. Altizer
  2. Altizers
  3. altizide
  4. Altland
  5. Altlands
  6. altlang
  7. altlangs
  8. Altman
  9. Altmanesque
  10. Altmann
  11. Altmanns

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