MIT research finds the brain’s language-processing network also responds to artificial languages such as Esperanto and languages made for TV, such as Klingon on “Star Trek” and High Valyrian and Dothraki on “Game of Thrones.”
Zachariah @lemmy.world - 9mon
Aren’t all languages artificial?
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Fitik - 9mon
I agree, it's a strange wording, that's why I say "constructed languages" when referring to them
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Zachariah @lemmy.world - 9mon
Yes, that term is better
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𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 - 9mon
Which makes me skeptical about the news article, or the study itself. If the study doesn't call them "constructed languages," then I question the researchers - if they were studying this, they should know better. Nobody in the conlang community - inside Lemmy or out - calls them anything other than "constructed languages." If they don't know this basic fact, well.
Fitik in conlangs
To the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarin
https://news.mit.edu/2025/esperanto-klingon-appear-same-english-mandarin-in-brain-0318Aren’t all languages artificial?
I agree, it's a strange wording, that's why I say "constructed languages" when referring to them
Yes, that term is better
Which makes me skeptical about the news article, or the study itself. If the study doesn't call them "constructed languages," then I question the researchers - if they were studying this, they should know better. Nobody in the conlang community - inside Lemmy or out - calls them anything other than "constructed languages." If they don't know this basic fact, well.