altlang

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altlang

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Etymology

Blend of alternative +‎ language. By surface analysis, alt +‎ -lang.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlt.læŋ/

Noun

altlang (plural altlangs)

1. (linguistics, conlanging) A constructed language created as an alternate history of a real language.
   • 2003 January 29, James Landau <[e-mail]>, “Re: Fickleness”, in Conlang mailing list‎, via listserv.brown.edu:

     Make a con-script, if your language would have it. (If your language is simply a Romance altlang that stays reasonably close to the original locations, it probably wouldn't use any alphabet other than the Roman.)