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To the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarin (news.mit.edu)

submitted 4 months ago by Fitik@fedia.io to c/conlangs@mander.xyz

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MIT research finds the brain’s language-processing network also responds to artificial languages such as Esperanto and languages made for TV, such as Klingon on “Star Trek” and High Valyrian and Dothraki on “Game of Thrones.”

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Aren’t all languages artificial?

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I agree, it's a strange wording, that's why I say "constructed languages" when referring to them

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, that term is better

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

Which makes me skeptical about the news article, or the study itself. If the study doesn't call them "constructed languages," then I question the researchers - if they were studying this, they should know better. Nobody in the conlang community - inside Lemmy or out - calls them anything other than "constructed languages." If they don't know this basic fact, well.