Webum > Science > Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics > Constructed Languages > Language Creation Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel@ Artificial Languages An essay on the nature of artificial languages, by Robert Isenberg. Conlang Jesse Bangs discusses language creation as an art form, includes David Peterson's conlang manifesto. Conlang Archives Large searchable archive of the conlang mailing list. Conlang Yahoo The signup page for the Yahoo.com Constructed Language mailing list. Conversational Maxims and Principles of Language Planning Scholarly article on brevity, ambiguity and redundancy in planned languages, by Hartmut Traunmüller. Essays on Artificial Language Design A collection of writings on language design by Rick Morneau. Glossopoiesis Tommaso Donnarumma discusses the aims of language creation. How to Build a Language A general overview of many constructed language. Introduction with personal analysis and conclusions. How To Create A Language Site by Pablo David Flores, the creator of many fictional languages, on how and why to invent languages. Lang Game: by Decker Language creation game presided and run by Decker. Five phases. Details to join. LangMaker.com Invent your own language resources with FAQ, links to other languages and book list. Language Construction Kit In-depth introduction to language creation, by Mark Rosenfelder. Optimal Auxiliary Language Guidelines Revised edition of an article discussing the design factors to be considered in creating an artificial language for global communication. Ranto (JBR AntiZamenhofism) A somewhat humorous argument against Esperanto by Justin B. Rye. SF Xenolinguistics (JBR Primer) Humorous article on alien languages, with ideas on universals and variations. Help build the biggest human edited directory on the internet Add your website - Open Directory Project - Become an editor