Some people build model airplanes, some craft model trains and some... well, they invent model languages.
Model languages can be everything from a few words of made-up slang to a rigorously developed system of interrelated imaginary tongues.
It is not a hobby many people know about, since model languages cannot be flown in the park like a model airplane or displayed in full glory in the basement like a model railroad. Model languages exist on paper or in computer files and may be shared only with a few close friends or may be used to give depth to imaginary worlds read or watched by millions.
If you want to know more about languages such as Klingon, Tolkien's
Elvish languages, Esperanto, and Nadsat, then read on! The electronic
newsletter, Model Languages, and this web site have the
answers.
Q. What are model languages anyway?
A. See An Introduction To Model Languages.
Q. How can I invent my own model language?
A. See Invent A Naming Language.
Q. What are the model languages I should look at first?
A. See Top 10 Model Languages.
Q. What other model languages are on the Web?
A. See Model Language Index: Afrihili To Zireenka.
Q. Where can I find sample texts in different model languages?
A. See The Babel Text.
Q. What books, TV shows and movies feature model languages?
A. See Bibliotheca Sagittarii: Languages & Linguistics In Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Q. What have you written about in the Model Languages
newsletter?
A. See Model Languages Back Issues.
Q. Why did you create this web site?
A. See Why Model Languages?
This web site written by Jeffrey Henning. Please let me know what questions about model languages I can answer for you.