Ithkuil

English thumb|250px|“Iţkuîl” (romanized version of its native name), its endonym, in the Ithkuil script, its native script. Etymology An anglicization of Iţkuîl in the en art - language Ithkuil. en John Quijada, the inventor of the conlang. Pronunciation en /iθˈkwɪl/ UK,USen en ɪl 2 Proper noun An experimental constructed language created by John Quijada, designed to try to minimize vagueness and semantic ambiguity, and to express complex ideas briefly but clearly. en Ithkuil Q & A https://library.conlang.org/articles/Ithkuil_Q_A.pdf 2006 11 The Conlanger's Library While working on Ilaksh, it occurred to me that the morpho-phonological structure of Ilaksh could be applied to a new version of Ithkuil as well, allowing Ithkuil to be made even more concise than it is now. https://web.archive.org/web/20250114002915/https://library.conlang.org/articles/Ithkuil_Q_A.pdf en Joshua Foer Utopian for Beginners w:The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/24/utopian-for-beginners 2012-12-24 An article titled “The Speed of Thought” noted remarkable similarities between Ithkuil and an imaginary language cooked up by the science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein for his novella “Gulf,” from 1949. https://web.archive.org/web/20180730114527/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/24/utopian-for-beginners The constructed script used to express the language. Translations constructed language French: fr Ithkuil Italian: it Ithkuil Japanese: ja イスクイル isukuiru Marathi: mr इथकुइल f Further reading en Artificial languages