Top 10 Languages Invented in the World
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30 April, 2012
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Whenever you try to learn a new
language, you may have always wondered how much time and energy one must
have spent to actually devise the language. The idea of developing a
new language may seem bizarre to you but is quite innovative one. New
languages are developed because of a number of reasons like for
scientific, cultural and artistic purposes. It help people to perform a
number of activities like test their theories or a inventing a new one
to keep secrets etc. we describe below some of the best examples of such
inventions.
1- Quenya
The language was
invented by JRR Tolkien in his books called Lord of the rings. The
author also wrote stories to create a historical background for it. The
language was a sincere effort by Tolkien to create something
extraordinary and included grammar and phonetics from languages like
Latin, Finnish and Greek.
2- Solresol
The language was
developed by Francois Sudre in the early nineteenth century. The purpose
for the development of the language was to enable faster and easier
communication. It was one of the first languages of such type that was
accepted and recognized worldwide. The language derives its base from
music syllables and could have been easily written as musical notations.
One can sing the language for communication. However, it is followed by
only a few followers today.
3- Newspeak
It was invented by
the renowned author by George Orwell in the year 1984 for one of his
novels. The book’s plot was to replace English with Newspeak where
newspeak narrowed the thought process. It wanted to demolish the idea of
freedom.
4- Toki Pona
Sapir-Whorf
hypothesis states that the way a person thinks is affected a lot by the
language he speaks. The language is based on this theory. It is an
extremely simple language with only 123 words. These words are combined
to form bigger words. The language may be simple to learn but can be
really baffling at the same time to decipher the words. For example,
happy is called feel good.
5- Lingua Ignota
The language
was invented by German abbess Hildegard of Bingen in the 12th Century.
It has to its credits as the first human crafted language. The language
was used by Hildegard and fellow nuns to carry out secret conversations.
The language contains only 1000 words containing a majority of medical
or religious terms. The words were also used in compositions of
Hildegard.
6- Esperanto
The language was
invented by Ludovik Zamenho, in the 19th century, who was a Polish
doctor. He wanted to develop a language that could be used worldwide and
was neutral politically. It is one of the most popular international
auxiliary languages and is used by more than two million people
worldwide for conversation.
7- Klingon
The language may
not have been spoken worldwide like Esperanto but it surly is the most
popular invented language. The language was used by warrior alien race
in the Star Trek movies and TV shows. The languages was intentionally
made complex with sounds that are not found in human languages. And
since it was created for an alien race it contains some unusual words.
8- Laadan
It was developed by
a linguistic professor, Dr. Suzette Haden. The language was also based
on Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. The language aimed to develop words that are
not present in English and can help you converse your feelings. The
language also contains single words for some particular emotions and
situations.
9- Enochian
The language was
crafted by astrologer John Dee and seer Edward Kelley in the 16th
century for a series of books. As per the developers it was the same
language used by Gods and they stated that they were taught the language
by aliens.
10- E-Prime
The language was
developed from a philosophical point of view that avoided usage of all
forms of the verb to be. The language aimed to make communication
clearer.
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I hope you'll allow me to add that Esperanto is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year.
Esperanto is a thorougly practical language. I’ve used it in speech and writing - and sung in it - in about fifteen countries over recent years.
Take a look at http://www.lernu.net if you're interesting in learning Esperanto.
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