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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieslangue artificielle
Pronunciation / Transliteration: lɑ̃ɡ aʁ.ti.fɪs.jɛl
"L'espéranto est une langue artificielle internationale."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A language whose phonology, grammar, and vocabulary have been consciously devised by an individual or a small group, rather than having evolved naturally over time.
"Esperanto is the most widely spoken artificial language in the world." - 2
A constructed language created for fictional settings, computer programming, or linguistic experimentation.
"J.R.R. Tolkien designed several complex artificial languages for his fantasy novels."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'artificial', derived from the Latin 'artificialis' (made by art or skill, from ars 'art' + facere 'to make'), and 'language', from the Old French 'langage' and Latin 'lingua' (tongue). It emerged in modern linguistics to describe systems whose phonology, grammar, and vocabulary were consciously designed by an individual or small group rather than having evolved naturally over time.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Artificial language" is said worldwide
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langue artificielle
Transliteration: lɑ̃ɡ aʁ.ti.fɪs.jɛl
"L'espéranto est une langue artificielle internationale."
künstliche Sprache
Transliteration: kʏnstlɪçə ʃpraːxə
"Esperanto ist eine bekannte künstliche Sprache."
lingua artificiale
Transliteration: liŋɡwa artifiˈtʃale
"Il esperanto è una lingua artificiale."
lengua artificial
Transliteration: leŋɡwa arti.fiˈsjal
"El esperanto es la lengua artificial más conocida."
língua artificial
Transliteration: lĩɡwɐ ɐɾtifiˈsjaw
"O esperanto é uma língua artificial."
कृत्रिम भाषा
Transliteration: kritrim bhasha
"एस्पेरान्तो एक प्रसिद्ध कृत्रिम भाषा है।"
人工语言
Transliteration: réngōng yǔyán
"世界语是一种广为人知的人工语言。"
인공어
Transliteration: in-gong-eo
"에스페란토는 가장 널리 사용되는 인공어입니다."
人工言語
Transliteration: jinkō gengo
"エスペラントは最も有名な人工言語です。"
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