artificial language

artificial language

n. An invented language based on a set of prescribed rules and developed for a specific purpose, such as international communication or computer programming.

artificial language

n 1. (Linguistics) an invented language, esp one intended as an international medium of communication or for use with computers. Compare natural language 2. (Computer Science) an invented language, esp one intended as an international medium of communication or for use with computers. Compare natural language

ar′tifi′cial lan′guage

n. an invented language intended for a special use, as in international communication or computer programming. [1860–65]

artificial language

- An invented language, as opposed to a hereditary one, intended for a special use, as in international communication, a secret society, or computer programming.See also related terms for special.

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artificial language - a language that is deliberately created for a specific purposelanguage, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"Antido - an artificial language related to IdoArulo - an artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary languageBasic English - a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. RichardsBlaia Zimondal - an artificial languageEsperantido - an artificial language based on Esperanto and IdoEsperanto - an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languagesEuropan - an artificial language proposed as an auxiliary European languageIdiom Neutral - an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on Volapuk but with a vocabulary selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the rootsInterlingua - an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on words common to English and the Romance languagesIdo - an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of EsperantoLatinesce - an artificial language based on LatinLatino - an artificial language based on words common to the Romance languagesLingualumina - an artificial languageLingvo Kosmopolita - an artificial languageMonario - an artificial languageNov-Esperanto - an artificial language based on EsperantoNovial - an artificial languageNov-Latin - an artificial language based on LatinOccidental - an artificial languageOptez - an artificial languagePasigraphy - an artificial international language using characters (as mathematical symbols) instead of words to express ideasRo - an artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideasRomanal - an artificial languageSolresol - an artificial languageVolapuk - one of the first artificial language constructed for use as an auxiliary international language; based largely on English but with some German and French and Latin rootsprograming language, programming language - (computer science) a language designed for programming computerspidgin - an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languagesnatural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language