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'''Engineered languages''' (often abbreviated to '''engelangs''', or, less commonly, '''engilangs''') are conlangs devised to test or prove some hypotheses about how languages work or might work.  There are at least three subcategories, [[philosophical languages]] (or ideal languages), [[logical languages]] (sometimes abbreviated as ''loglangs''), and [[experimental language]]s.  Raymond Brown describes engineered languages as "languages that are designed to specified ''objective'' criteria, and modeled to meet those criteria".<ref>http://www.carolandray.plus.com/Glosso/Glossopoeia.html</ref>
{{Types of conlangs}}
'''Engineered languages''' (often abbreviated to '''engelangs''', or, less commonly, '''engilangs''') are conlangs devised to test or prove some hypotheses about how languages work or might work.  There are at least three subcategories, [[philosophical language|philosophical languages]] (or ideal languages), [[logical languages]] (sometimes abbreviated as ''loglangs''), and [[experimental language]]s.  Raymond Brown describes engineered languages as "languages that are designed to specified ''objective'' criteria, and modeled to meet those criteria".<ref>http://www.carolandray.plus.com/Glosso/Glossopoeia.html</ref>


Some engineered languages have been considered candidate global [[Auxiliary language|auxiliary languages]], and some languages intended as international auxiliary languages have certain "engineered" aspects (in which they are more regular and systematic than their natural language sources).
Some engineered languages have been considered candidate global [[Auxiliary language|auxiliary languages]], and some languages intended as international auxiliary languages have certain "engineered" aspects (in which they are more regular and systematic than their natural language sources).
== Philosophical languages ==
{{main|Philosophical language}}
Philosophical languages are designed to reflect some aspect of philosophy, particularly with respect to the nature or potential of any given language. [[John Wilkins]]' [[An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language|Real Character]] and Edward Powell Foster's [[Ro (language)|Ro]] constructed their words using a taxonomic tree. Vocabularies of [[oligosynthetic]] languages, for example Ygyde,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ygyde.neostrada.pl/index.htm|title=Ygyde Language|date=May 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123174725/http://www.ygyde.neostrada.pl/index.htm|archive-date=November 23, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyde.htm|title=Ygyde Language|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201111356/http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyde.htm|archive-date=February 1, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> are made of  [[compound word]]s, which are coined from a small (theoretically minimal) set of [[morpheme]]s. Sonja Lang's [[Toki Pona]] is based on [[minimalism|minimalistic]] [[voluntary simplicity|simplicity]].
== Experimental languages ==
{{main|Experimental languages}}
An experimental language is a [[constructed language]] designed for the purpose of exploring some element in the theory of [[linguistics]].  Most such languages are concerned with the relation between [[language and thought]]; however, languages have been constructed to explore other aspects of language as well. In [[science fiction]], much work has been done on the assumption popularly known as the [[Sapir–Whorf hypothesis]], [[Suzette Haden Elgin]]'s [[Láadan]] is designed to lexicalize and grammaticalize the concepts and distinctions important to women, based on [[muted group theory]].


==Examples==
==Examples==
{{main|List of constructed languages#Engineered languages}}
:''Main article: [[:Category:Engineered languages|List of engineered languages on Linguifex]]''


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Controlled natural language]]
*[[A priori language]]
*[[International auxiliary language]]
*[[A posteriori language]]
*[[:Category:Philosophical languages|List of philosophical languages on Linguifex]]
*[[Auxiliary language]]
*[[Artistic language]]
*[[Artistic language]]
*[[Ithkuil]]
*[[Ithkuil]]
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*[http://archives.conlang.info/phi/zelghon/jhaufuersuan.html Origin of the term "engelang"], by And Rosta (CONLANG mailing list post, 19 July 2007)
*[http://archives.conlang.info/phi/zelghon/jhaufuersuan.html Origin of the term "engelang"], by And Rosta (CONLANG mailing list post, 19 July 2007)


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Engineered languages (often abbreviated to engelangs, or, less commonly, engilangs) are conlangs devised to test or prove some hypotheses about how languages work or might work. There are at least three subcategories, philosophical languages (or ideal languages), logical languages (sometimes abbreviated as loglangs), and experimental languages. Raymond Brown describes engineered languages as "languages that are designed to specified objective criteria, and modeled to meet those criteria".[1]

Some engineered languages have been considered candidate global auxiliary languages, and some languages intended as international auxiliary languages have certain "engineered" aspects (in which they are more regular and systematic than their natural language sources).

Examples

Main article: List of engineered languages on Linguifex

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.carolandray.plus.com/Glosso/Glossopoeia.html

External links

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