Atlantic Voice: A Recipe for Language

Andrea McGuire introduces us to the world of conlangers. “Constructed languages” (or “conlangs” for short) is a term used for languages that are deliberately and consciously created. Esperanto, for instance, was invented by a Polish eye doctor in the late 19th-century. J.R.R. Tolkien created multiple languages for the Lord of the Rings series. And over the last 25 years, Jamin Johnson, a man living in Halifax, N.S., has nimbly invented over nine languages.