Draft:Outline of constructed languages

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to constructed languages:

A constructed language is a language for communication between humans (i.e. not with or between computers) but unlike a language that emerges from human interaction, is intentionally devised for a particular purpose. Constructed language is often shortened to conlang and is a relatively broad term that encompasses subcategories including: fictional, artificial, engineered, planned and invented. A constructed language may include natural language aspects including phonology, grammar, orthography, and vocabulary. Interlinguistics includes the study of constructed languages.

What type of thing are constructed languages?

Constructed languages can be described as all of the following:

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Types of constructed languages

Specific constructed languages

History of constructed languages

General constructed languages concepts

Constructed languages organizations

Constructed languages publications

Books on constructed languages

Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language - by Esther Schor
In the Land of Invented Languages - by Arika Okrent

The Search for the Perfect Language - by Umberto Eco

Persons influential in constructed languages

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