Re: conculture

 >From: J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
 >
 >    What do ya peeps call a conlang that is geared towards creating a
 >possible real subculture?

        Esperanto?

        Perhaps Klingon. :)

        Has anyone ever done this?  I know some Neopagan groups
occasionally indulge in dead language Revivals (a la modern Hebrew),
but I can't think of anyone creating a language with the exress goal
of creating a subculture.

 >                           I am kinda in favour of _xenocultural conlang_ or
 >_xenolang_ for short. Or _paracultural conlang_/_paralang_. (AFAIK this is
 >different from an artlang)

        Hmm.  To me a word like paralang would just be another term
for 'argot' or 'jargon' though I admit my mind isn't quite able to get
a handle on what *exactly* 'paracultural' means.

        Perhaps I'll create a liturgical language when I get my cult
going...

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