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Peopled with charming eccentrics and exasperating megalomaniacs, the land of invented languages. Exploring invented languages 2011 examined the history and phenomenon of constructed languages and established okrent as a goto expert on this topic, their works didnt look at the process of creating a language. Here is the captivating story of humankinds enduring quest to build a better language and overcome the curse of babel. Esperanto rock stars, klingon poets, loglan lovers, and the mad dreamers who tried to build a perfect language kindle edition by okrent, arika. Arika okrent author of in the land of invented languages.
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