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Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Inventing new languages for big bucks

Here's a Wired article about the 'geekiest invented languages' which is interesting only in the variety of them:

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/08/top-ten-geekiest-constructe-languages/


I usually do an A2 Language project for Language Change where groups have to invent a shared language and lots of current TV programmes use invented languages - this is the guy that gets paid the big bucks to invent them (I watch Defiance and Game of Thrones, both of which use his talents):

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2012/11/30/it-is-known-game-of-thrones-linguist-has-coolest-job-ever/

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