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I often hear the term artlang applied to some conlangs (e.g. Toki Pona). What does it mean? How would I determine if a conlang I am creating is an artlang? What are some examples of artlangs?

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According to Wikipedia, an artlang is a conlang made to be aesthetically pleasing or to be part of a piece of literature. Some notable artlangs include Toki Pona, Quenya, and Klingon. Klingon was created to be part of a work of literature, specifically Star Trek. Quenya was created as part of Tolkien's Middle-Earth worldbuilding project. Toki Pona was an experiement in minimalism and the conclusions of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

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    About Quenya, per Tolkien, the "‘stories' were made rather to provide a world for the languages than the reverse. To me a name comes first and the story follows".
    – Eugene
    Commented Jun 16, 2022 at 2:34
  • And yet many characters' names changed.
    – Anton Sherwood
    Commented Jun 17, 2022 at 0:48

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