altlang

English

Etymology

Blend of alternative +‎ language. By surface analysis, alt +‎ -lang.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlt.læŋ/

Noun

altlang (plural altlangs)

1. (linguistics, conlanging) A constructed language created as an alternate history of a real language.
   • 2003 January 29, James Landau <neurotico@aol.com>, “Re: Fickleness”, in Conlang mailing list‎^[1], via listserv.brown.edu:

     Make a con-script, if your language would have it. (If your language is simply a Romance altlang that stays reasonably close to the original locations, it probably wouldn't use any alphabet other than the Roman.)