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

 --- Garrett Jones wrote:

> so all the suggestions so far, in my personal order from worst to best:
>
> - whimlang (sounds too whimsical)
> - funclang (this conjures up "funky lang" in my head).
> - artauxlang (too agglutinative for my taste :) )
Yep, like "Komsomol" :)

> - engelang (for some reason, my instinct is to pronounce this /ENEleiN/
> instead of /EndZEleiN/ as the etymology would have. Plus, this name just
> reminds me of the name English, and these languages are anything *but* this)
Only one letter different from Dutch/German "Engeland". I remember I've seen or
heard the term before, and (without clever thinking, of course) I associated it
with a language either connected with England or based upon the English
language. Dismissed!

> - paralang (someone else mentioned they use it for parallel universe
> languages)
Reminds me a bit too much of "paramedic", "paranormal", etc.

> - altlang (reminds me of newsgroups... and also same problem as paralang)
The "Love, Peace, and Harmony" Language :)))

> - experilang (this could work)
Yeah, but Christophe's idea, "explang", seems to fit better.

> - lablang (my personal favorite, just recently suggested)
And what happens to the language as soon as it get out of its laboratory stage?

Where do philosophical languages (philang) fit in?

This reminds me of something else: I always thought that "artlang" means:
"artificial language" and is synonym to "conlang". But I see it often used for
languages that are just created for the fun and according to the taste of its
creator, rather connecting it to the word "art". Can someone enlighten me?

> I say we put it up for vote! a poll of some sort. Maybe collect a couple
> more suggestions then do an officially sanctioned poll...
Peter?

Regards,
Jan

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