VanOostendorp

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This seems to be one of those weeks, where i have no idea what I just read...

A **planned** or **constructed language**—known [|colloquially] as a **conlang**—is a [|language] whose [|phonology], [|grammar] , and/or [|vocabulary] has been consciously devised by an individual or group, instead of having evolved [|naturally]. There are many possible reasons to create a constructed language: to ease human [|communication] (see [|international auxiliary language] and [|code] ); to give [|fiction] or an associated [|constructed world] an added layer of realism; for [|linguistic] experimentation; for [|artistic creation] ; and for [|language games]. ~Ruby

I didn't know what this word meant: **orthogonal**= running perpendicular to... "In this article, I will be concerned mainly with a different dimension, and argue for a distinction that is **orthogonal** to the traditional one."