You might ask, “How long has this been a job, and may I have it?” Fortunately, The Art of Language Invention answers this question, for it is both a textbook for the amateur conlanger—a guide to ...

A year ago Ideas profiled David J. Peterson, Hollywood’s most prominent “conlanger,” or maker of constructed languages. Languages can take thousands of years to fully develop, yet in just a few months ...

When filmmakers need an original language--one that has never been heard before--they turn to conlangers. “Conlang means constructed language,” explains David Peterson in a segment for the Academy of ...