Last night, linguists Paul Frommer, creator of the Na'vi language for James Cameron's "Avatar," and Marc Okrand, creator of the Klingon language for "Star Trek," spoke to a room of linguistics ...

The latest salvo in a lawsuit over a Star Trek fan film has brought out constructed language nerds in force, and it makes for some really great reading. The Language Creation Society, a nonprofit ...

Alice is a Lord of the Rings enthusiast who grew up with Tolkien's tales. She loves all kinds of writing, from articles to stories to her debut novel, which she is seeking literary representation for.

Language is one of the greatest art forms on Earth. There are thousands of spoken, written, and signed languages around the world with subcategories including regional and ethnic dialects and ...

According to Marc Okrand, there are two reasons to make up a fake language. The first is a belief that natural, existing languages are "inefficient, clumsy and full of exceptions that lead to ...

The first time the Klingon language is spoken in Star Trek might surprise you. The existence of the Klingon language was first mentioned in Star Trek: The Original Series' classic episode "The Trouble ...