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> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:34:45 -0400, Bob LeChevalier
> <lojbab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >"sjtw69@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <sjtw69@[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.
> >
> >I believe that "artlang" is specifically used for those languages
> >created for an artistic purpose, as contrasted with those intended to
> >be auxiliary languages.
>
> Correct.
>
> >>Auxlang, I believe, is short for auxiliary language, and has more of a
> >>scientific, or logical, feel to it.
> >
> >Auxlangs or those intended to be used for communications, and
> >specifically for communications between people who speak different
> >native languages. The assumptions are that the auxlang is easier to
> >learn and use than any particular natural language, and that it is
> >unbiased, so that the two speakers approach communication on an equal
> >basis.
> >
> >In medieval times, Latin was an auxlang.
>
> Indeed. An auxlang can be a natural language. Usually, among
> conlangers, "auxlang" refers specifically to constructed auxlangs,
> like Interlingua and Esperanto, and of course, your own Lojban.
Yes, on the auxlang lists it is generally used more specifically
to mean planned or constructed auxlangs though one could
consider English an auxlang these days.
> >While Lojban was intended to be "scientific" or "logical", auxlangs
> >usually attempt to be "regular" (i.e. to follow simply rules without
> >exceptions).
loglangs or loglans (no caps) are a class unto themelves and I
tend to lump them with philosophical languages as
"experimental".
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