In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language

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Does this book pay any attention to Elvish languages invented by Tolkien?

Daniel M. And some insight about Tolkein is also given... in particular, he was a fan of inventing languages, and he talked about writing the Lord of the Ring a…moreAnd some insight about Tolkein is also given... in particular, he was a fan of inventing languages, and he talked about writing the Lord of the Ring as a way to give him a reason to invent those languages. Fascinating. (less)

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Does it mention Toki Pona?

Paul Magnussen It’s mentioned briefly on p.286.

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Since this has been published in 2009 the field of constructed languages has evolved a lot (Hollywood languages, more sources online) am I right? Would be fun to get to read sth. more recent on the topic. I am aware of David Peterson and loved his book but I mean sth. discussing the phenomenon in general without focusing too much on one language. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Telperion87 in my opinion, yes it's worth it becaus it talks pretty generally about the mechanisms, and most of all, the goals of inventing a new language, rather…morein my opinion, yes it's worth it becaus it talks pretty generally about the mechanisms, and most of all, the goals of inventing a new language, rather than describing a list of languages.

It uses notable historical example in order to explain some misconceptions about invented languages, their goal and utility. (less)

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