Quick numbers

125 conlangs
76 .7 features per language, on average
43 .2% of all languages have a greeting
41 .6% of all languages have a background
152 translations
118 people
1 .0 languages per person, on average
26 .2% of all people have set a country
143 features
99 .3% of all features are from WALS

Milestones

2008-08-16 08:17+0000
100 languages, number 100 is Ngengenoef added by Josh Roth!
2008-08-18 12:47+0000
100 conlangers, number 100 is feaelin!

Most popular first letters of a language name

By frequency

  1. K (8.8%)
  2. S (8.8%)
  3. T (8.8%)
  4. R (8.0%)
  5. N (7.2%)
  6. L (6.4%)
  7. A (5.6%)
  8. C (4.8%)
  9. M (4.8%)
  10. J (4.0%)
  11. V (4.0%)
  12. D (3.2%)
  13. G (3.2%)
  14. I (3.2%)
  15. Q (3.2%)
  16. B (2.4%)
  17. P (2.4%)
  18. Z (2.4%)
  19. E (1.6%)
  20. H (1.6%)
  21. O (1.6%)
  22. W (1.6%)
  23. Y (1.6%)
  24. U (0.8%)

Alphabetically

  • A (5.6%)
  • B (2.4%)
  • C (4.8%)
  • D (3.2%)
  • E (1.6%)
  • G (3.2%)
  • H (1.6%)
  • I (3.2%)
  • J (4.0%)
  • K (8.8%)
  • L (6.4%)
  • M (4.8%)
  • N (7.2%)
  • O (1.6%)
  • P (2.4%)
  • Q (3.2%)
  • R (8.0%)
  • S (8.8%)
  • T (8.8%)
  • U (0.8%)
  • V (4.0%)
  • W (1.6%)
  • Y (1.6%)
  • Z (2.4%)

Frequency of conlanger countries

  1. United States of America 17
  2. Sweden 3
  3. Japan 2
  4. Canada 2
  5. Norway 2
  6. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1
  7. Germany 1
  8. Netherlands 1
  9. Israel 1
  10. Poland 1

Most popular features

Absence of Common Consonants: All present 97 languages 77.6%
Vowel Nasalization: Contrast absent 92 languages 73.6%
Glottalized Consonants: No glottalized consonants 91 languages 72.8%
Tone: No tones 85 languages 68.0%
Uvular Consonants: None 82 languages 65.6%
Lateral Consonants: /l/, no obstruent laterals 79 languages 63.2%
Conlang type: Artlang 76 languages 60.8%
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems: None missing in /p t k b d g/ 73 languages 58.4%
Front Rounded Vowels: None 71 languages 56.8%
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives: In both plosives and fricatives 68 languages 54.4%
Finger and Hand: Different 68 languages 54.4%
Hand and Arm: Different 64 languages 51.2%
Writing Systems: Alphabetic 62 languages 49.6%
Presence of Uncommon Consonants: None 60 languages 48.0%
Fixed Stress Locations: No fixed stress 58 languages 46.4%
The Past Tense: Present, no remoteness distinctions 58 languages 46.4%
The Future Tense: Inflectional future exists 56 languages 44.8%
Order of Numeral and Noun: Numeral-Noun 56 languages 44.8%
Perfective/Imperfective Aspect: Grammatical marking 55 languages 44.0%
Number of Genders: None 55 languages 44.0%

Unused values for features (39)

Averageness of conlangs

Each conlang is compared to a set of the most popular values for each feature.

0 is least average, 100 is completely average

  1. 81 Vallese (39 of 48 features)
  2. 78 Liu (15 of 19 features)
  3. 77 Esperanto (107 of 138 features)
  4. 73 Ilvarii (17 of 23 features)
  5. 72 Khangathyagon (87 of 120 features)
  6. 71 Naisek (64 of 89 features)
  7. 71 Asha'ille (32 of 45 features)
  8. 70 Songulda (43 of 61 features)
  9. 70 Shemspreg (12 of 17 features)
  10. 70 Konishien (12 of 17 features)
  11. 69 Rhean (83 of 119 features)
  12. 69 Qwynegold (30 of 43 features)
  13. 68 Minza (96 of 141 features)
  14. 68 Mikiana (49 of 72 features)
  15. 68 Zhytjetji (33 of 48 features)
  16. 68 Ngetsurt (24 of 35 features)
  17. 68 Wikilret (11 of 16 features)
  18. 67 Cirena (19 of 28 features)
  19. 66 Gevey (88 of 132 features)
  20. 66 Terkunan (85 of 127 features)

⋮

  1. 39 Lajik (37 of 94 features)
  2. 38 Socialese (22 of 57 features)
  3. 38 Neo Patwa (5 of 13 features)
  4. 35 Ngengenoef (36 of 102 features)
  5. 35 Livagian [phonetically] (6 of 17 features)
  6. 30 Old Adpihi (22 of 73 features)
  7. 28 Ngeyunh (15 of 53 features)
  8. 13 Dainyu (6 of 43 features)
  9. 0 Waysignig (0 of 19 features)
  10. 0 *Unnamed (0 of 1 feature)

Conlangs with no features