artificial language
noun [ C or U ] language specialized uk/ˌɑː.tɪ.fɪʃ.əl ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/ us/ˌɑːr.t̬ə.fɪʃ.əl ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
人工语言
a language that has been created for a particular purpose, rather than one that has developed naturally as a way for people to communicate
Esperanto is perhaps the best-known of all artificial languages. 世界语可能是所有人工语言中最著名的。
Programming languages are artificial languages in which the syntax and semantics are strictly defined. 编程语言是人工语言，其句法和语义是经过严格定义的。
He categorized seven types of speech-form, which were standard language, classical language, artificial language, vernacular, dialect, creole and pidgin. 他将语言分为七种类型，即标准语言、古典语言、人工语言、白话、方言、通用混合语和洋泾浜语。
Compare: natural language
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- This is an artificial language originally developed for studies that let researchers look at the effects of familiar versus novel sounds and words.
- Artificial languages, such as those devised for computers, have no gender categories.
- A programming language is an artificial language often more restrictive or demanding than natural languages, but easily translated by the computer.
- Natural languages arise unconsciously, haphazardly, while artificial languages lack expressiveness.