iinlang

Iinlang is a constructed language developed within online conlang communities for worldbuilding and linguistic experimentation. It is not a natural language and has no native speaker community; rather, it is maintained by hobbyists who publish grammars, dictionaries, and sample texts.

Iinlang features a modest phoneme inventory centered on a five-vowel system with short and long vowels. Consonants include plosives, nasals, fricatives, and approximants, with a preference for syllable structures of CV and V or CV.CV. The writing system uses a Latin-based alphabet with diacritics to mark vowel length and stress, and a simple orthography intended to be easy to learn.

The language is largely analytic, with subject–verb–object word order typical in basic clauses, though flexible order is permitted for focus. Function words indicate tense, aspect, and mood; verbal morphology is modest, with optional affixes to indicate case or voice. Noun phrases use demonstratives and numerals; adjectives typically precede nouns. Pronouns distinguish number and clusivity; verbs do not conjugate for person.

Iinlang emerged in the 2010s as part of the broader conlang movement and has since accumulated grammars, lexicons, and reader texts contributed by volunteers. It is primarily used in online fiction, role-playing games, and language-learning experiments, rather than as a means of everyday communication.

See also: Conlang, Esperanto, Lojban, Klingon.