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Artificial language is a difficult subject to investigate. Their authors have a variety of goals, some of which are plainly ridiculous. Most artificial systems are never used or revealed to anybody other than their creators, and even then, they hardly qualify as languages. Genuine artificial languages, codes, and functional systems have vague distinguishing qualities, and naming them is generally seen as missing the purpose. However, it’s vital to remember that, while artificial languages are unnatural, they do exist. Assuming that an artificial language is illegitimate because it was created by a single person or a small group simplifies the matter while simultaneously dismissing any linguistic relevance it may have. Thousands of speakers of various artificial languages might disagree. The purpose of this research was to define and classify artificial languages, distinguishing them from other languages that may be classified in this way. Second, examine the artificial language’s origins, purpose, structure, and intended audience.
Definition of the Artificial Language:
A simple definition of an artificial language is any language whose lexicon and grammar were generated only for the purpose of being developed. Individual sources can refer to a single creator or a group of creators. Unlike actual language, the bulk of it appears relatively quickly. It may take a long time to build, but when it is released to the public, the language must be communicatively useful – that is, the system must be able to transmit a variety of ideas. Another qualifier is implied by the definition: the system is operational before any native speakers are present. Almost always, the developer is unable to speak his or her own artificial language, and generates vocabulary and grammatical systems at a rate far faster than they can be learned and used. While anyone other than the inventor can acquire an artificial language, it is artificial since it is functional before it is a language, according to the definition. To call a system a language means that it has more than one speaker, implying that it is strictly artificial while no one speaks it and becomes a language once people do.
Actual Artificial Languages:
Suzette Haden Elgin, in an essay on science fiction’s linguistic potential, described the genre as “a testing ground for linguistic solutions…
We’re fortunate to have science fiction because most language experiments can’t be done in the actual world for ethical reasons. Sf provides a “thought experiment” lab in which both the writer and the reader can try things out and see what occurs.”
It’s simple to see why the two most popular artificial languages, Klingon and Elvish, are science fiction adaptations.
In the Star Trek television series, Klingon is the language of a fictional alien culture. The species is aggressive, irritable, and combative. Despite the fact that the television series went for two decades without an official Klingon language, linguist Marc Okrand was tasked with creating not only enough words to meet script requirements, but also a complete lexicon and grammar. The Klingon Dictionary was published in its full once the language was completed. Since the publishing of the dictionary in 1985, nearly a thousand persons from over thirty countries have verifiably learned Klingon, according to the Klingon Language Institute.
Elvish is a combination of two languages, Quenya and Sindarin, that serve as the Elves’ language in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Tolkien began constructing model languages, which he referred to as his “hidden habit.” He purportedly built Animalic (a code) and Nevbosh in elementary school with the help of his pals (a model language). Nevbosh “The majority of the words were significantly twisted English, French, and Latin. It was not a genuine departure from English or other common languages.”
Conclusion
Because artificial languages are such an uncommon occurrence, it’s impossible to predict what the future holds for them: will new artificial languages emerge, given the renewed interest in Klingon and Elvish? Will people be content with only these? Will a hobbyist create a language that is popular enough to be classified as an artificial language, and will current artificial languages one day become genuine languages that can be used at home or at work?
Artificial languages are no longer an experiment or even a novelty at this point; in the instance of Klingon and Elvish, they have grown beyond the grasp of any single person.
