Online Community
Mailing Lists
- The Auxlang Mailing List
- listserv.brown.edu/archives/auxlang.html
- A listserv discussing international auxiliary languages.
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- The Conlang Mailing List
- listserv.brown.edu/archives/conlang.html
- The oldest (founded Sept. 1991) and most active online mailing list dedicated to conlanging. Good for novices all the up to professional linguists.
An archive mirror of the list's activity is available at archive.conlang.org
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- ElfLING (Elvish Linguistics Mailing List)
- groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling
- Created by David Salo in 1998, Elfling is an active listserv dedicated to Tolkien's conlangs. There is a Welcome page at www.yarineth.net/David/elfling.html, and an FAQ page at nellardo.com/lang/elf/faq.html. The list is used for everything from help with translations to/from Sindarin and Quenya to scholarly discussions of Elvish linguistic topics.
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- tlhIngan-Hol Mailing List [Klingon]
- www.kli.org/tlhIngan-Hol
- Sponsored by the Klingon Language Institute, this mailing list has archives going back to 1993. An excellent resource for students of Klingon of all levels.
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- Klingon Language Discussion Mailing List
- groups.yahoo.com/group/Klingon_Language/
- Established in 1999 by the Klingon Imperial Diplomatic Corps, this group serves as a meeting place for novice level students to discuss topics related to the Klingon language and its usage.
Forums
- Conlanger.com Bulletin Board
- www.conlanger.com/cbb/
- Another online forum similar to the ZBB format
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- Constructed Languages LiveJournal
- community.livejournal.com/conlangs
- Created by Sai, this site provides another online forum for beginning to experienced conlangers.
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- Lojban: Lojbanic Forums
- www.lojban.org/tiki/Lojbanic+Forums
- Various forums and mailing lists in which people discuss Lojban itself or discuss in Lojban.
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- Zompist Bulletin Board (ZBB)
- www.incatena.org/
- An online forum dedicated to the discussion of conlangs, conworlds, linguistics, and Mark Rosenfelder's Almea. One of the (if not the) most active conlang-related forums on the Internet.
Wikis
Miscellaneous
- Conlang/Concultural Card Exchange
- exchange.conlang.org
- Begun in 2009, this project allows conlangers and conworlders to exchange greetings (e.g., greeting cards, postcards, etc.) in their own languages as well as in their own con-cultural milieu.
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- Conlang Twibe on Twitter
- www.twibes.com/group/conlang
- The Twitter group of conlangers
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- Conlangs on Facebook
- www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2207912185
- With links to ZBB, Conlang, etc., but also a consolidated site for posting photos and more.
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- Conlangers on Deviantart
- conlangers.deviantart.com
- The conlanging community at Deviantart, the 'largest online social network for artists and art enthusiasts.'
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- Language Creation Society (LCS)
- www.conlang.org
- The official homepage of the LCS with links to the Language Creation Conferences, LCS Podcasts, and much more. Mailing lists available from the LCS are available at lists.conlang.org/listinfo.cgi
