altlang

A1L1T1L1A1N1G2
US/ˈɑlt.læŋ/

noun

A constructed language created as an alternate history of a real language.

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Meanings

nounaltlang (plural altlangs)

plural altlangs

  1. human sciencesA constructed language created as an alternate history of a real language.

    Make a con-script, if your language would have it. (If your language is simply a Romance altlang that stays reasonably close to the original locations, it probably wouldn't use any alphabet other than the Roman.)

    2003 January 29, James Landau <neurotico@aol.com>, “Re: Fickleness”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu

Origin

Syllabic abbreviation of alternative language. By surface analysis, alt + -lang.

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APA

altlang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altlang

MLA

“altlang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altlang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “altlang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altlang.

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