You might ask, “How long has this been a job, and may I have it?” Fortunately, The Art of Language Invention answers this question, for it is both a textbook for the amateur conlanger—a guide to ...

David J. Peterson might just have the brainiest job in Hollywood. He’s a conlanger, a guy who constructs languages. You may have heard some of his work on fantasy TV shows like Defiance, Star-Crossed, ...

When filmmakers need an original language--one that has never been heard before--they turn to conlangers. “Conlang means constructed language,” explains David Peterson in a segment for the Academy of ...