Invented language named after Political Satirist

Linguists at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., say they have invented a new language named for their famous alumni Stephen Colbert, a comedian and writer.

Profesor Viorica Marian, said they needed to invent a new language “to conduct research into whether knowing multiple languages makes learning a new language easier, and they chose Colbert as the language’s inspiration due to his tendency to invent new words as part of his satire.”

Marian said the Colbertian words were designed not to resemble any words in English or Spanish.  Read More

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