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A manuscript in Elvish written on silk parchment. The Elvish language was created by Tolkien for The Lord of the Rings. Luca Lorenzelli/Shutterstock

Elvish, Klingon and Pig Latin: what can invented languages teach us about the human brain?

Inka Romero-Ortells Labrada, Universidad Nebrija; Jon Andoni Duñabeitia, Universidad Nebrija, and Manuel Perea, Universitat de València

From pidgins to Tolkien and Esperanto, humans have created entirely new languages for many different reasons.
A document in Tengwar, the script of the Elvish languages invented by JRR Tolkien, Dozza, Italy. Luca Lorenzelli via Shutterstock

How to build a ‘perfect’ language

Bettina Beinhoff, Anglia Ruskin University

From Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones, writers and linguists have invented an array of new languages.

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