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A planned or constructed language — known colloquially or informally as a conlang — is a language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary have been consciously devised by an individual or group, instead of having evolved naturally. There are many possible reasons to create a constructed language: to ease human communication (see international auxiliary language and code); to bring fiction or an associated constructed world to life; linguistic experimentation; artistic creation; and language games.

The expression planned language is sometimes used to mean international auxiliary languages and other languages intended for actual use in human communication. Some prefer it to the more common terms "constructed", as that term may have pejorative connotations in some languages. Outside the Esperanto community, the term language planning means the prescriptions given to a natural language to standardize it; in this regard, even "natural languages" may be artificial in some respects. In the case of prescriptive grammars, where wholly artificial rules exist, the line is difficult to draw. The term "glossopoeia," coined by J. R. R. Tolkien, is also used to mean language construction, particularly construction of artistic languages.

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Did you know...

...that Adjuvilo, although it was a fully developed language, was merely created to help create dissent in the then-growing Ido movement?
...that Winston Churchill initially supported Basic English as an international language, but was put off when he was told that "blood, toil, tears and sweat" translates as "blood, hard work, eyewash and body water"?
...that Kēlen is a constructed language that has no verbs, but still is able to express anything?

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Corresponding categories

Constructed languages

Artificial scripts

Artistic languages

Computer languages

► Constructed language multilingual support templates

► Constructed language organizations

► Constructed languages resources

► Controlled natural languages

Engineered languages

► Esperanto dictionaries

Formal languages

► Gibberish language

International auxiliary languages

Language creators

► Language games

► Pan-Slavic languages

Reconstructed languages

► Voynich manuscript

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Join: Constructed Languages WikiProject & add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Constructed languages/Userbox}}
Tag: {{WP conlangs}}, {{Constructed languages}}, and {{Infobox language}} (see WP:CL Templates)
Evaluate: Everything in Category:Unassessed constructed language articles
Report: Edit wars and deletions
Expand: everything in category:Constructed language stubs
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Several articles about constructed languages have been deleted for lack of verifiability, independent resources or notability. If you think one of the following subjects meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, don't hesitate dig it up from the graveyard, but don't forget to add proper references: