The Art of Inventing Languages: Interview with George Corley

The Art of Inventing Languages: Interview with George Corley
Words for Granted

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. 

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