Communities
NOTE: Some of the links in the following lists direct to private groups requiring membership or log-in credentials.
General Mailing Lists
listserv.brown.edu/archives/auxlang.html
A listserv discussing international auxiliary languages.
The Conlang Mailing List (CONLANG-L)
listserv.brown.edu/archives/conlang.html
The oldest (founded Sept. 1991) and most active online mailing list dedicated to conlanging. Good for novices all the up to professional linguists. An archive mirror of the list’s activity is available at archive.conlang.org
ElfLING (Elvish Linguistics Mailing List)
groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling
Created by David Salo in 1998, Elfling is an active listserv dedicated to Tolkien’s conlangs. There is a FAQ page at nellardo.com/lang/elf/faq.html. The list is used for everything from help with translations to/from Sindarin and Quenya to scholarly discussions of Elvish linguistic topics.
Germaniconlang
groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/germaniconlang/info
From site: “Germaniconlang is another offshoot of the Constructed Languages List, along with Celticonlang (last post 11/8/2010), Romanceconlang, Slaviconlang, Westasianconlangs, and Eastasianconlangs [Note: No Yahoo! Group as of 10/10/11). As the name suggests, it is devoted to those constructed languages that are based on or inspired by the Germanic languages. The possibilities are numerous: a revivied version of Gothic, an alternative spelling for English, a pan-Germanic language understandable to any native speaker of a Germanic language… You name it! Anyone who is interested in Germanic linguistics, created a Germanic conlang, or hopes to create it one day, is sincerily invited to participate.”
General Forums
Academia Forum
anthologi.ca/academia
An online forum dedicated to conlanging and conworlding and fiction featuring such.
Conlanger.com Bulletin Board (CBB)
https://cbbforum.com/
An online forum dedicated to conlangs, conworlds, concultures, and linguistics. CBB also includes sections for speakers of German, Spanish, French, Dutch, “Scandinavian,” and “other languages.”
Constructed Languages LiveJournal
conlangs.livejournal.com
Created by Sai, this site provides another online forum for beginning to experienced conlangers.
ConWorkShop
conworkshop.info
CWS, or ConWorkShop is a conlanging community and tools website started in early 2014 aimed at providing the tools and community to help you strive in your conlanging endeavours. We are a very eclectic group of people who are enthusiastic about conlangs and concultures. We have teenagers, students, professionals, and so on – everyone is welcome.
Zompist Bulletin Board (ZBB)
www.incatena.org
An online forum dedicated to the discussion of conlangs, conworlds, linguistics, and Mark Rosenfelder’s Almea. One of the (if not the) most active conlang-related forums on the Internet.
Non-English Conlanging Forums
aphil.forumn.net/forum
French conlanging and conworlding forum
Conlanger: Polskie Forum Jęykotwórców
http://jezykotw.webd.pl/
Polish conlanging and conworlding forum
Conlangs (Español)
facebook.com/groups/conlangsesp
A Spanish-speaking Facebook community of conlangers.
IdeoLengua: Lingüística e Idiomas Artif
espanol.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ideolengua/info
Spanish conlanging mailing list. From site: “La lista no moderada de correo IdeoLengua pretende ser un espacio de encuentro y discusión en castellano sobre lingüística e idiomas artificiales.”
НЕ зсперанто / NE Esperanto
e-novosti.info/forumo/viewforum.php?f=10
Conlanging sub-forum on the Russian Esperanto forum
Conlang-Specific Communities
Ithkuil reddit community
reddit.com/r/ithkuil
A sub-reddit devoted to discussion of John Quijada’s Ithkuil philosophical language.
Klingon Language Discussion Mailing List
groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Klingon_Language/info
Established in 1999 by the Klingon Imperial Diplomatic Corps, this group serves as a meeting place for novice level students to discuss topics related to the Klingon language and its usage.
Learn Na’vi
learnnavi.org/
The online community of learners of the Na’vi language from Avatar.
kelutral.org
This is the newest location to find teachers for learning the Na’vi language with updated and expanded resources for the learner.
Lekh Dothraki
www.dothraki.org/
Online community of learners of the Dothraki language of the HBO series Game of Thrones
Lernu.net
en.lernu.net/
An extensive site for both information as well as learning Esperanto
Lojban: Lojbanic Forums
www.lojban.org/tiki/Lojbanic+Forums
Various forums and mailing lists in which people discuss Lojban itself or discuss in Lojban.
Slovianski
s8.zetaboards.com/Slovianski/index/
Forum dedicated to Slovianski
Toki Pona Forums
forums.tokipona.org
Forums dedicated to learning and discussing issues pertinent to toki pona
tlhIngan-Hol Mailing List [Klingon]
www.kli.org/tlhIngan-Hol
Sponsored by the Klingon Language Institute, this mailing list has archives going back to 1993. An excellent resource for students of Klingon of all levels.
Wikis
conlang.wikia.com
Described as ‘for development and hosting of constructed languages.’ Also affiliated with Conworld Wiki and Contionary Wiki.
FrathWiki
www.frathwiki.com
A conlang-related wiki founded in 2004 (according to the Facebook page).
Geopoeia
www.geopoeia.net
A wiki/forum intended as the ‘internet encyclopedia of creative counterfactuality.’
Idéopédia
www.europalingua.eu/ideopedia
C’est une encyclopédie collaborative francophone, qui traite principalement des idéolangues (ou langues construites), des univers et cultures imaginaires qui s’y rattachent ainsi que de leurs inventeurs.
Linguifex
linguifex.com
Described as ‘aimed at facilitating the development and creation of constructed languages, conlangs.’
Blogs
Miscellaneous
anthologi.ca
Anthologica is a collaborative site for conlangers that offers wiki hosting, online dictionary management, and a forum.
Conlang/Concultural Card Exchange
exchange.conlang.org
Begun in 2009, this project allows conlangers and conworlders to exchange greetings (e.g., greeting cards, postcards, etc.) in their own languages as well as in their own con-cultural milieu.
Conlang Twibe on Twitter
www.twibes.com/group/conlang
The Twitter group of conlangers
Conlangs! Constructed Languages in Literature
www.goodreads.com/group/show/155886-conlangs-constructed-languages-in-literature
Goodreads group for people who write, read or are otherwise interested in conlangs (constructed languages) in literature of all kinds – both fiction which features a conlang, or non-fiction books about conlangs and/or conlanging.
Conlangs on Facebook
www.facebook.com/groups/constructedlanguages/
With links to ZBB, Conlang, etc., but also a consolidated site for posting photos and more.
Conlangers and Conworlders
https://plus.google.com/communities/110060988583193080054
Conlangers on Google Plus
Conlangers on Deviantart
conlangers.deviantart.com
The conlanging community at Deviantart, the ‘largest online social network for artists and art enthusiasts.’
Conlanging Subreddit on Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/
The conlanging community on Reddit, “the front page of the internet”.
Kunsttalen
kunsttalen.startkabel.nl/
An extensive conlanging directory in Dutch
Language Creation Society (LCS)
conlang.org
The official homepage of the LCS with links to the Language Creation Conferences, LCS Podcasts, and much more. Mailing lists available from the LCS are available at lists.conlang.org/listinfo.cgi