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  • From the Archive: Esperanto Rock Stars and Klingon Poets

    From the Think archive – Why would someone set out to invent a new language? Last month we explored a few of the almost 900 created tongues with linguist Arika Okrent, author of the book “In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to […]

  • Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language

    Why would someone set out to invent a new language? From 12th Century Lingua Ignota to the chipmunk noise-based Dritok, we’ll explore a few of the almost 900 created tongues with linguist Arika Okrent, author of the new book “In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad […]