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I’m not quite satisfied with this category name but I stuck with it in deference to what seems to be [[natural languages|existing convention]] (for example Taki Pona was mentioned in the [[Meeting Notes 2009 03 17#Regular Happenings|meeting notes]] under the heading of “natural language”). This is important especially in a hackerspace, to differentiate these languages from, say, programming languages, like COBOL or C++. However, strictly speaking (and hackers are nothing if not precise) ''natural languages'' would exclude anyone who wants to start an Esperanto group at Noisebridge. I find this nomenclature problematic for the following reasons: * “Natural languages”: Excludes constructed languages, such as Interlingua, Láadan or Lojban * “Spoken languages”: Excludes signed languages and languages that may be only used for reading and writing, such as Latin * “Human languages”: Excludes conlangs purportedly for non-human communication, such as Sindarin, Na’vi, Klingon and Huttese Some possibilities I also considered were ''communication languages'' (is the computer not being communicated with through a programming language, though?) and ''informal language'' (in contrast to “formal languages”). If anyone has any better suggestions that would encompass all the above-mentioned classes of languages, please mention it here. --Eric Vinyl
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