Editing Artistic language (section)

{{Short description|Language constructed for aesthetic reasons}}
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An '''artistic language''', or '''artlang''',<ref>{{cite web |url= https://groups.google.com/group/alt.language.artificial.ngl/browse_thread/thread/9171d7f32d4a3407/7232e14586f52fa1?q=%22artlang%22%7C%22artlangs%22#7232e14586f52fa1 |title= Proposal: new language-type name (fwd) |last1=Durst |first1=Jack |date=1997-11-18 |website= alt.language.artificial.ngl |access-date=2015-05-13 | quote= The idea was for "functionlang" to be a useful term to describe a certain group of conlangs that weren't fitting into the pattern. Those being the (relatively rare) conlangs that were not artlangs, logiclangs, or auxlangs, but instead designed around some *other* specified purpose(s). }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://groups.google.com/group/list.sci.lang.constructed/browse_thread/thread/84a0a666398bf13f/ec2fcecc94a8ab94?q=%22artlang%22%7C%22artlangs%22#ec2fcecc94a8ab94 |title= Help with phonological transcription |last1=Roser |first1= Paul |date=1998-01-08 |website= list.sci.lang.constructed |publisher= Usenet |access-date=2015-05-13 | quote= It is my '''artlang''', spoken on an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic, somewhat south of the Azores and northwest of Madeira. The liturgical language has a number of _very_ exotic sounds, partly to indicate that it is not the normal language of the street (these sounds include several velaric egressive sounds, ie reverse clicks; one or two apicovelars; nareal fricatives; and a few others). }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.esperanto/browse_thread/thread/886d620d296542d5/e83a3de6d93e78ac?q=%22artlang%22%7C%22artlangs%22#e83a3de6d93e78ac |title= Question about LSD |last= May |first= Rex F. |date=2000-03-15 |website= soc.culture.esperanto |publisher= Usenet |access-date=2015-05-13 | quote= I'm opposed to an '''artlang''' with tones, in much the same way I'm opposed to an '''artlang''' with the many vowel sounds of English, or the consonant clusters of Russian and English. }}</ref> is a [[constructed language]] designed for aesthetic and phonetic pleasure. Constructed languages can be artistic to the extent that artists use it as a source of creativity in art, poetry, calligraphy or as a [[metaphor]] to address themes such as cultural diversity and the vulnerability of the individual in a globalizing world.<ref>(nl) Lies Daenen, ''[http://bamart.be/nl/pages/detail/10884 De (on)macht van taal. Over Patrick Keulemans]'', kunstenaar (the '(un)power' of language. About artist Patrick Keulemans), text for the art exhibition 'unwritten & written', Kunst, Beeldende kunst, 20 August 2014.</ref> They can also be used to test linguistical theories, such as [[Linguistic relativity]].

Unlike [[engineered language]]s or [[International auxiliary language|auxiliary language]]s, artistic languages often have irregular grammar systems, much like natural [[language]]s.  Many are designed within the context of [[fictional world]]s, such as [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]].  Others can represent fictional languages in a world not patently different from the real world, or have no particular fictional background attached.