artlang
/ˈɑ(ɹ)t.læŋ/
artlang noun: a conlang created for artistic purposes or aesthetic ideals.
Noun
artlang (plural artlangs)
- A conlang created for artistic purposes or aesthetic ideals.
- 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).1997 November 18, Jack Durst, “Proposal: new language-type name (fwd)”, alt.language.artificial.ngl, Usenet
- It is my artlang, spoken on an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic, somewhat south of the Azores and northwest of Madeira. The liturgical language has a number of _very_ exotic sounds, partly to indicate that it is not the normal language of the street (these sounds include several velaric egressive...1998 January 8, Paul Roser, “Help with phonological transcription”, list.sci.lang.constructed, Usenet
Forms of artlang
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Origin of artlang
Syllabic abbreviation of artistic language. By surface analysis, art + -lang.
Words formed from artlang
Questions about artlang
- What does artlang mean?
- Artlang means a conlang created for artistic purposes or aesthetic ideals.
- What part of speech is artlang?
- Artlang is a noun.
- How do you pronounce artlang?
- Artlang is pronounced /ˈɑ(ɹ)t.læŋ/.
- What is the plural of artlang?
- The plural of artlang is artlangs.
Words near artlang in the dictionary
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