<p>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_language" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a>, an artlang is a conlang made to be aesthetically pleasing or to be part of a piece of literature. Some notable artlangs include Toki Pona, Quenya, and Klingon. Klingon was created to be part of a work of literature, specifically Star Trek. Quenya was created as part of Tolkien's Middle-Earth worldbuilding project. Toki Pona was an experiement in minimalism and the conclusions of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.</p>

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2022-06-16T02:34:27.390Z
About Quenya, per Tolkien, the "‘stories' were made rather to provide a world for the languages than the reverse. To me a name comes first and the story follows".
Eugene
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2022-06-17T00:48:21.947Z
And yet many characters' names changed.
Anton Sherwood
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<p>I often hear the term <em>artlang</em> applied to some conlangs (e.g. Toki Pona). What does it mean? How would I determine if a conlang I am creating is an artlang? What are some examples of artlangs?</p>

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What are artlangs?
# What are artlangs?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-06-04)

I often hear the term *artlang* applied to some conlangs (e.g. Toki Pona). What does it mean? How would I determine if a conlang I am creating is an artlang? What are some examples of artlangs?

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### Answer by username_0 on 2022-06-04. Score: 1

According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_language), an artlang is a conlang made to be aesthetically pleasing or to be part of a piece of literature. Some notable artlangs include Toki Pona, Quenya, and Klingon. Klingon was created to be part of a work of literature, specifically Star Trek. Quenya was created as part of Tolkien's Middle-Earth worldbuilding project. Toki Pona was an experiement in minimalism and the conclusions of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: About Quenya, per Tolkien, the "‘stories' were made rather to provide a world for the languages than the reverse. To me a name comes first and the story follows".  
> **username_2**: And yet many characters' names changed.  

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