Questions tagged [conlang]

For linguistical questions about constructed languages.

Constructed languages are languages for human communication. There are constructed languages with different scopes, e.g., international auxiliary language like , languages created for fictional cultures like Klingon, or philosophical languages.

Note that there is also a Constructed Languages stackexchange where a wider variety of questions about constructed languages of all kind is on-topic.

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Why aren't conlangs very widely used?

Honestly, I don't see very many conlangs these days and I see that normal languages (Such as Welsh or Irish) are much more widely used? Why is that?
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What reasons could be given for Artificial Languages not to be considered part of linguistics study field?

While browsing this question, two of the answers deal about Lojban and Esperanto. On the answer related to Lojban, there's an upvoted comment which states that Artifical Languages are not to be considered. I am a bit confused and perplex: For…
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