Re: Conlang labels (wasR: Futurese, Chinese, Hz of NatLangs, etc.)

Shreyas Sampat scripsit:

> What's the etymology of 'engelang'?  It's a bit more obscure than the other
> terms.
"Engineered language".  In an engelang, the criteria for suitability
are, or are supposed to be, public, objective, and verifiable, as opposed
to artlangs where the criteria are private and interior.  In the long
run, this is a distinction without a difference -- there is no such thing
as private art -- but to the creator it makes substantial difference.

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han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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