fictlang

English

Etymology

Blend of fictional +‎ language. By surface analysis, suffixed with -lang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪktˌlæŋ/

Noun

fictlang (plural fictlangs)

  1. (conlanging) A fictional language; a constructed language originally created for a fictional setting.
    • 2005 May 26, tomhchappell <tomhchappell@yahoo.com>, “Re: THEORY: Are commands to believe infelicitous?”, in Conlang mailing list‎[1], via listserv.brown.edu:
      Suzette Haden Elgin's La`adan fictlang has an evidential for facts revealed to the speaker in a dream.
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