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

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, May 13, 2002, 7:59
En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>:

> > > - lablang (my personal favorite, just recently suggested) > > And what happens to the language as soon as it get out of its laboratory > stage? >
A plague-lang? :))
> > 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've always taken artlang to mean "artistic language". Etymologically the origin is the same, but the meaning is now different :)) .
> > Peter? >
Yes, Peter? (and where is the result of the previous poll? :(( ) Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.