artificial language

artificial language

n.

An invented language based on a set of prescribed rules and developed for a specific purpose, such as international communication or computer programming.

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Noun

1.

artificial language - a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" Antido - an artificial language related to Ido Arulo - an artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language Basic English - a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards Blaia Zimondal - an artificial language Esperantido - an artificial language based on Esperanto and Ido Esperanto - an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages Europan - an artificial language proposed as an auxiliary European language Idiom Neutral - an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on Volapuk but with a vocabulary selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the roots Interlingua - an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on words common to English and the Romance languages Ido - an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto Latinesce - an artificial language based on Latin Latino - an artificial language based on words common to the Romance languages Lingualumina - an artificial language Lingvo Kosmopolita - an artificial language Monario - an artificial language Nov-Esperanto - an artificial language based on Esperanto Novial - an artificial language Nov-Latin - an artificial language based on Latin Occidental - an artificial language Optez - an artificial language Pasigraphy - an artificial international language using characters (as mathematical symbols) instead of words to express ideas Ro - an artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas Romanal - an artificial language Solresol - an artificial language Volapuk - one of the first artificial language constructed for use as an auxiliary international language; based largely on English but with some German and French and Latin roots programing language, programming language - (computer science) a language designed for programming computers pidgin - an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language