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

En réponse à Jeffrey Henning <Jeffrey@...>:

>
> It's obvious that engelang didn't catch on as a term -- I see through
> Google
> only one web site referring to it.  I've suggested a few alternatives
> and
> have particularly liked any of them, but I'll try again:
>
> funclang -- functional language ("designed for or adapted to a
> particular
> function or use")
>
The main problem with it and the "engelang" is that it breaks the nice rule
that consists in adding a three-letter prefix to the "-lang" root, as someone
else pointed out. But of course, "englang" looks a bit too much
like "England" :)) and your proposal would become "funlang" which doesn't quite
bring the same image :)) (though as a term with its guessed meaning "fun-lang"
it could be useful :)) ). Then I thought: why not "explang"? "Experimental
language" is in my opinion better suited for the intended goal, since to have
something adapted to a certain goal you have to experiment on it.

Christophe.

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