On Sep 20, 2:25 pm, "sjt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <sjt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I'm probably not the most qualified person to answer this, but I seem
> to be one of the first, so I get to take a shot at it.
>
> Conlang is short for constructed language, artlang is short for
> artificial language. To me, conlang and artlang are the same thing,
> although I kind of like the term artlang a little more because it has
> "art" in it, and makes it feel more like an art project than a
> contruction project.
>
> Auxlang, I believe, is short for auxiliary language, and has more of a
> scientific, or logical, feel to it. Auxlangs, in my opinion, are
> geared more toward adapting existing languages for some specific
> usage, or taking out the unclarities and ambiguities.
>
> I'm not sure what an altlang is.
>
> There are also natlangs, or natural languages.
>
> And you're right, there's probably a lot of personal opinion in which
> word is best. But then, that's what makes languages so much fun -
> finding the right nuance.
Heheheh... Oops. Alt-lang... I can be so hair-brained sometimes! I got
that from the name of this very group - Duh! *sheepish*
Kindly ingore the alt-lang part of the question, thanks.
And Thank you sjtw69 for your answer.
Regards,
Tom W
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