How does someone "invent" a language? And why invent a language in the first place?
In this episode, Ray chats with George Corley (Conlangery) about the world of constructed languages, or conlangs. From Esperanto to Tolkien's Elvish and Klingon and beyond, they explore the history of language invention, what distinguishes a fully fledged language from a simple code, and how conlangers build grammatical systems that evolve like natural languages. George also lays the foundation for what it takes to get started on creating one's own language from scratch.
00:00 - What Is a Conlang?02:28 - "Real" Conlangs vs Fake Ones
11:34 - Early Conlang History
14:01 - Auxlangs and Esperanto
17:45 - Tolkien's Influence on Conlanging
23:12 - Conlangs in Film and TV
26:47 - Modern Conlang Community
28:36 - How to Start Conlanging
33:59 - How to Emulate Natural Language Evolution in Conlangs
36:21 - Irregularity and Exceptions
40:35 - Conclusion
