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loglang

UK/ˈlɒɡlaŋ//ˈlɑɡlæŋ/

loglang noun: a language designed to allow (or enforce) unambiguous statements; a logical language.

Noun

loglang (plural loglangs)

  1. A language designed to allow (or enforce) unambiguous statements; a logical language.
    • I think that NGL sounds like a loglang. (I confess I have not read the NGL thread.)1997 November 19, Jack Durst, “NGL & the Gnoli triangle”, in alt.language.artificial.ngl
    • For example, from 1955 the sociologist and science fiction writer James Cooke Brown invented a loglang called 'Loglan', created to test out the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in linguistics[…]2005, Keith Brown, editor, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, →ISBN

Forms of loglang

pluralloglangs

Origin of loglang

A syllabic abbreviation of logical language; compare conlang. By surface analysis, suffixed with -lang.

Words formed from loglang

Questions about loglang

What does loglang mean?
Loglang means a language designed to allow (or enforce) unambiguous statements; a logical language.
What part of speech is loglang?
Loglang is a noun.
How do you pronounce loglang?
Loglang is pronounced /ˈlɒɡlaŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of loglang?
The plural of loglang is loglangs.

Words near loglang in the dictionary

  1. logjects
  2. logko
  3. logkos
  4. logKOW
  5. Loglan
  6. loglang
  7. loglanger
  8. loglangers
  9. loglangs
  10. logless
  11. loglet

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: loglang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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