Fictional Language

Fictional Languages are commonly used in science fiction and fantasy to add depth and verisimilitude to fictional worlds; they can range from a few words and phrases to entire languages complete with grammar and slang. 
Klingon and Tolkien's Quenya and Sindarin Elvish languages are two of the most commonly studied fictional languages. Other languages from Star Trek are also frequently studied.
Livejournal includes a number of communities for learning fictional languages, including Gen-lis Vuhlkansu for Vulcan and tlhIngan Hol for Klingon. 
Fans who often take fictional languages further: studying them, learning to speak and write them, or expanding on the minimal syntax and vocabulary from canon. Clubs, language institutes, conventions, zines and journals can all have a fannish focus on fictional languages.
Creating one's own constructed languages or "conlangs"Constructed language, Wikipedia (Accessed August 18, 2010) is another important sphere of fan activity, sometimes called fanlanging. It is also a well known practice outside of fandom. Esperanto is an example of a famous non-fandom constructed language.
==Canons==
Some fandoms that have an extensive fictional language component:
* Avatar
* The Expanse
* Lord of the Rings
* Sime~Gen
* Stargate SG-1
* Star Trek
* Superman (especially comics)
* Watership Down
* Game of Thrones
* more!
 
===AO3 Canonical Languages===
*tlhIngan-Hol
*Sindarin
*Quenya
==Fan-created Conlangs==
Outside of canonical conlangs, fans may also opt to create their own based on canon, or expand on very basic canonical conlangs that only consist of a few words or phrases.
 
===Earthsea===
*The Isolate Tower has a dictionary of Earthsea languages
=== Lord of the Rings===
===Star Trek ===
====Vulcan====
Vulcan Language
* Vulcan Language Guide
====Klingon====
Klingonese
* HolQed, the Journal of the Klingon Language Institute
* Writer's Guide to Klingonaase
====Romulan====
Romulan Language Guide
===Star Wars===
* Pegasus #3 has an article that deconstructs some of Greedo's language
===Superman===
* Kryptonian.info (Kryptonian dictionary and grammar - Superman)
 
==Communities==
Various conlang groups exist within science fiction fandom, within other fandoms, and outside of fandom. The livejournal community 'conlangs' is one place conlangers organize. The Language Creation Society has a website for those interested in conlangs.
==Some Fan Examples==
File:Humanfactor2-2.jpg|a page from a fan's Andorian dictionary, printed in The Human Factor #2 (1977)
File:Archiveslogone-five-2.jpg|"The Klingon Language, A Federation Text -- a fictional non-fiction article by Professor S. Sarris, M.A., Ph.D, D.L.H., D.L., Linguist in Residence, Starfleet Academy, United Planets of Earth" -- from Archives' Log v.1 n.5 (1974)
File:Moremissions8-7.jpg|a poem about the Klingon language, printed in More Missions, More Myths #8 (1987)
===Fanfiction===
* making the strange familiar and the familiar strange, a fanfiction by thedancingdove that features the Mandalorian conlang from Star Wars
==Further Reading/Meta==
* 
*brown_betty, Cheater's guide to Conlang in fiction (2008).
* Arika Okrent, In the Land of Invented Languages (Spiegel & Grau, 2009) has several chapters on Klingon.
* Michael Adams, From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages (Oxford Univ. Press, 2011)
* Mark Rosenfelder, The Language Construction Kit (Yonagu, 2010) and Advanced Language Construction (Yonagu, 2012).
* J.R.R. Tolkien, , lecture for a 1931 conference.
* (2015)
* The digital fandom of Na'vi speakers by Christine Schreyer (2015)
* AO3 account of David J. Peterson, where he documents the conlangs he created for various TV shows
==References==
Category:Fan Activities
Category:Fictional Languages