Flags of constructed languages (original) (raw)
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- Introduction
- Active constructed languages:
- Abandoned / aborted constructed languages:
- Flags of constructed languages’ study and use institutions and groups:
- Conlang flag
* Earlier proposal - Gatherings:
* Esperanto congress flags - Academies:
* Mellonath Daeron (Academy of Quenya, Sindarin and other Tolkien constructed fictional languages)
* Klingon Language Institute - Applied use:
* Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, a left-wing Esperantists’ organization - National bodies:
* Japanese Esperanto Institute
- Conlang flag
See also:
External links:
- Conlangs, a very comprehensive site about constructed languages
reported by António Martins, 25 Aug 2004 - Constructed language, at the English Wikipedia
Introduction
There are nowadays maybe six or seven “living artificial languages” — from a total of several hundered “dead” ones, with new ones popping every year. The other “living” ones (meaning that a speaker community, however small, does exist), as far as I know, areInterlingua (IALA),Klingon,Lojban,Quenya,Ido,Volapük (sort of), and, of course, Esperanto.
António Martins, 04 June 1999
Conlang flag
image by Arnt Richard Johansen, 05 Aug 2006
External links:
- Presentation at the Conlang.ORG website
- Flag design
- History of the Conlang Flag (Cleveland Public Library exhibit)
- Art leading up to the final flag design
The conlang flag represents both the Conlang mailing list, and language inventors and constructed language aficionados worldwide. It was flown at the 1st Language Construction Conference in Berkeley, California in 2006. The general idea of the conlang flag was decided as a result of a poll of the subscribers of the Conlang mailing list in 2004. The first proposal that included the Tower of Babel was submitted by Jan van Steenbergen, and the first proposal that included a rising sun was submitted by David Peterson. Multiple list members submitted designs that combined the two elements, the first of which was by Leland Paul. The final version of the flag was drawn by Christian Thalmann, who has released it to the public domain.
Arnt Richard Johansen, 05 Aug 2006
The flag was flown at each L.C.C., not just the first; there have so far been three, and the fourth is currently being planned.
Sai, 01 Dec 2010
The flag depicts a silhouette of a ziggurat in front of a rising sun. The ziggurat is a reference to the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, representing language and linguistic diversity. The terraced structure of the ziggurat is also an iconic representation of the way a typical artistic language is created piece by piece, and is never quite completed. The rising sun represents the rise in notoriety and recognition of language construction as an art form.
Arnt Richard Johansen, 05 Aug 2006
The purple is intended to symbolize creative spirit, new dawn sky, etc.
Sai, 01 Dec 2010
The ratio appears to be approximately 8:13, but I’m not sure that’s intentional.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 01 Dec 2010
The following Pantone values were used for the flags flown at the 1st LCC: black: Pantone Black; yellow: PMS 123; purple: PMS 527.
Arnt Richard Johansen, 05 Aug 2006
Earlier proposal
An earlier proposal for the design had a red sky. This was later changed to purple, to avoid the association with anarchismthat the red-black combination would have. In addition, purple is seen to symbolise creativity.
Arnt Richard Johansen, 05 Aug 2006
Bolak
(conjectural flag)
image by António Martins
Leon Bollack published his language project in 1899, and insisted with some more learning and reading material for some two years, with limited success. The name "Bolak" meant "blue [language]", and it used this color as symbol, standing for the sky surrounding the earth. I don’t know of any specific logo.
António Martins, 04 June, 1999
Interlingua / Latino sine flaxione
(conjectural flag)
image by António Martins, 05 Jun 1999
Originally called Interlingua, this 1903 project by G. Peano is currently known by its alternate name, latino sine flaxione, due to another, later and more successful language of the same name. According to Rodríguez, it had a very classical symbol (in tune with the classical, as in Latin, origin of the language project): an eagle (Roman?) over the Earth globe, here in a conjectural black on white 2:3 logo flag.
António Martins, 05 Jun 1999
In Panorama in interlingua 2/1991: p.16 “Ab le archivo” [ial91a] black and white symbols of constructed languages from «our archive» (probably the image sources as for [rod97]?), which I quote: «Latino sine flexione, 1903» (dates are probably language publishing, not symbol creation, judging from 1887 for Esperanto), as in [rod97].
António Martins, 13 Aug 2007
Neo
In Panorama in interlingua 2/1991: p.16 “Ab le archivo” [ial91a] black and white symbols of constructed languages from «our archive», which I quote «Neo, 1968» (dates are probably language publishing, not symbol creation, judging from 1887 for Esperanto): a joint-hemispheric (azimuthal equatorial) world map with "NEO" on it (one letter in each ocean, at the equator).
António Martins, 13 Aug 2007
Occidental/Interlingue
(supposed flag)
image by António Martins, 24 May 2003
Occidental was proposed by De Whal in 1922, renamed to Interlingue in 1945 for political correctness; in the early 80’ies all adepts had “upgraded” themselves to the very similar Interlingua. According to Rodríguez, they used as a symbol a “ying-yang” like device, standing for a world inter-relating and united.
António Martins, 05 Jun 1999
In Panorama in interlingua 2/1991: p.16 “Ab le archivo” [ial91a] black and white symbols of constructed languages from «our archive» (probably the image sources as for [rod97]?), which I quote: «Occidental Interlingue, 1923» (dates are probably language publishing, not symbol creation, judging from 1887 for Esperanto): the yin-yang like symbol as in [rod97], but much thicker.
António Martins, 13 Aug 2007
Rodríguez (pers. comm.) informs also that the usual colors used for the emblem of Occidental are red on white.
António Martins, 24 May 2003
Vikto
(supposed flag)
image by António Martins, 04 Jun 1999
Rodríguez refers that this language was created by Bosz Vilmos, a Hungarian, but doesn’t give the date. It’s logo is an orange five petal flower contour with a large white V on it; under it the motto «_Vivat vikto!_» (meaning more or less «Long live vikto!»), composed with an ornamental face.
António Martins, 04 Jun 1999
Europanto
Europanto is not really a serious project of an international planned language (but then again, neither was Klingon!), rather a joke started by a Italian EU-translator making fun of the Euro-babylon at Brussels HQ, but it did became highly popular (as such). It may evolve as a half planned, serious pidgin, maybe into something more stable — who knows? As far as it goes any current symbol for Europanto would be some humourous version of the E.U. flag.
António Martins, 04 Jun 1999
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