Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.

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Fictional alien languages — like the one prominently featured in Arrival — are a big part of science fiction world-building. One of the staples of creating a believable fictional world that’s ...

When words fail them, creative writers imagine entirely new ones. Author Patti Callahan Henry examines fictional language, from the words of Tolkien to her own. Our editors and experts handpick every ...

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In film and television, language is almost always an important component for the audience. However, the sci-fi and fantasy genres have taken that basic communication several steps further by inventing ...

Hi, I'm Erik Singer. [Presenter] Erik is a dialect coach and guy who really loves linguistics. Today we're gonna talk about constructed languages. Conlangs are languages that have been made up by a ...

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Language is one of the greatest art forms on Earth. There are thousands of spoken, written, and signed languages around the world with subcategories including regional and ethnic dialects and ...