English Explanatory Dictionary

constructed language

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any language—whether a human language, a programming language, or markup language—that is not a natural language.
  2. 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.
  3. Any language used by people, as opposed to less civilized means of communication, such as the socialization between animals.

Pronunciation

/kənˈstɹʌktəd ˈlaŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-constructed language.wav

Word forms

constructed language constructed languages

Synonyms

artificial language conlang conlanguage planned language

Related words

conculture conperson conworld

Derived words

conlang

Translations

Afrikaans: kunsmatige taal Arabic: لُغَة مُصْطَنَعَة Aragonese: luenga construita Asturian: llingua construyida Azerbaijani: süni dil Basque: hizkuntza eraikia Bengali: নির্মিত ভাষা Bulgarian: изкуствен език Bulgarian: построен език Bulgarian: съграден език Catalan: llengua artificial Chinese Mandarin: 人工語言 /人工语言 Czech: umělý jazyk Danish: kunstsprog Dutch: kunsttaal Esperanto: planlingvo Estonian: tehiskeel Finnish: keinotekoinen kieli Finnish: tekokieli Finnish: keinokieli French: langue construite French: idéolangue West-Frisian: keunsttaal Galician: lingua artificial German: Kunstsprache German: Plansprache German: konstruierte Sprache Greek: τεχνητή γλώσσα Hebrew: שָׂפָה מְתֻּכְנֶנֶת Hindi: कृत्रिम भाषा Hungarian: mesterséges nyelv Icelandic: tilbúið tungumál Icelandic: gervimál Ido: planlinguo Indonesian: bahasa buatan Interlingua: lingua construite Interlingua: lingua artificial Irish: teanga chumtha Italian: lingua artificiale Japanese: 人工言語 Javanese: basa damelan Kannada: ಕೃತಕ ಭಾಷೆಗಳು Kazakh: жасанды тіл Korean: 인공어 Latin: lingua artificialis Latin: lingua constructa Limburgish: kunstaol Malagasy: fiteny foronina Maltese: lingwa mibnija Marathi: कृत्रिमरित्या तयार केलेली भाषा
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