constructed language
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constructed language
- /kənˈstɹʌktəd ˈlaŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/ British, Southern, Standard
noun constructed languages
- Any language—whether a human language, a programming language, or markup language—that is not a natural language. So if the constructed language is machine code, that is very fine, because the syntax (the grammar) is very simple and the meaning of each instruction can be verified [...]
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A human language that has been consciously devised by an individual or a group, as opposed to having naturally evolved as part of a culture like a natural language.
The first practical constructed language was the south-west German Pastor Schleyer's Volapük from 1879; its complicated grammar and irregular vocabulary made learning difficult, however. The most successful has been Esperanto, devised by the Warsaw ophthalmologist Ludwig Zamenhof in 1887, that today
Similar: artificial language, conlang, conlanguage, planned language
- Any language used by people, as opposed to less civilized means of communication, such as the socialization between animals. It has been said that— when I made the observation, that if they were not married they ought to be—I endeavoured to stab their reputation. Now, I'll prove that I endeavoured to do nothing of the sort. [...] I'll prove it by logic, and I defy all the mathematicians in the habitable globe to known it
Translations
Every language
noun artificially created language
| Español | lengua construida, lengua artificial |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인공어 in'gong'eo |
| 日本語 | 人工言語 jinkōgengo |
| 中文 | 人工語言 /人工语言 réngōng yǔyán |
| हिन्दी | कृत्रिम भाषा kŕtrim bhāṣā |
| Kiswahili | lugha ya kuundwa |
| Português | língua artificial |
| Français | langue construite, idéolangue |
| Deutsch | Kunstsprache, Plansprache, konstruierte Sprache |
| Italiano | lingua artificiale |
| Ελληνικά | τεχνητή γλώσσα technití glóssa |
| Русский | иску́сственный язы́к iskússtvennyj jazýk, конла́нг konláng |
| Tiếng Việt | ngôn ngữ được xây dựng |
| العربية | لُغَة مُصْطَنَعَة |
| עברית | שָׂפָה מְתֻּכְנֶנֶת |
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title = {constructed language},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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