Was the latter the creation of one of your French members?
The lingua franca thing is strictly amongst auxlangers, who are a minority part of conlang creators (in large part because most people interested in that want to learn an auxlang, not make a new one). They certainly exist, though; see AUXLANG-L.
Me personally? Iām the rarest sort: an engelanger. I make languages that try to push the boundaries of what language can do, and really donāt care at all whether anyone adopts them. Theyāre more of an intellectual-creative effort. See UNLWS & Gripping linked on my website. Or John Quijadaās Ithkuil, one of my favorite engelangs.
The vast majority of conlangers are artlangers. They make languages for the aesthetics of it, like a painter. They might like their work to be appreciated, but being a lingua franca is not at all an objective (and might even be not wanted, if itās particularly personal). See eg David J. Petersonās Conlang Manifesto for a fairly representative viewpoint.
(I canāt post more than 2 links, and itās not wanting to link to some host among them for ā¦ unclear reasons, or Iād link my site & Ithkuil.)
2 Likes
See the CONLANG-L FAQ for background.
1 Like
So not a salacious French pun? Pity
Try asking @tsela on Twitter. 
(Heās current LCS president, French & living in Netherlands.)
Also if you want conlangersā perspective on the case, see the threads linked recently by @FiatLingua (the official LCS twitter account), or the interviews on the LCSā Axanar press page.
This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed.
