Constructed Languages
Further information: constructed language| Date | Language | Attestation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1879 | Volapük | created by Johann Martin Schleyer | |
| 1887 | Esperanto | Unua Libro | created by L. L. Zamenhof |
| 1907 | Ido | based on Esperanto | |
| 1917 | Quenya | created by J. R. R. Tolkien | |
| 1928 | Novial | created by Otto Jespersen | |
| 1935 | Sona | Sona, an auxiliary neutral language | created by Kenneth Searight |
| 1943 | Interglossa | Later became Glosa | created by Lancelot Hogben |
| 1951 | Interlingua | Interlingua-English Dictionary | created by the International Auxiliary Language Association |
| 1955 | Loglan | created by James Cooke Brown | |
| 1985 | Klingon | created by Marc Okrand | |
| 1987 | Lojban | based on Loglan, created by the Logical Language Group | |
| 2005-6 | Na'vi | created by Dr. Paul Frommer and James Cameron |
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