A Dictionary of Made-Up Languages : From Adunaic to Elvish, Zaum to Klingon -- The Anwa (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons (Hardcover)

from stardreamer

Despite the title, this is not a dictionary of any language, let alone of all the artificial languages collected therein. It is, rather, a brief overview of a number of invented languages, some quite complete (i.e. Esperanto), others extremely fragmentary. There is also a short section about conc...

from Lindoula

A good, quick overview to many invented languages. Not a lot of info on each one, but you get the gist of each: its intended use, who invented it, etc.

from akswede

A good, quick overview to many invented languages. Not a lot of info on each one, but you get the gist of each: its intended use, who invented it, etc.

from prosfilaes

It just didn't work for me. There is a number of short sections on particular languages, both real (actually having an existing vocabulary and grammar) and those vaguely referred in fictional works. The descriptions give a handful of vocabulary and often point out trivial features, like when one ...