# Are most conlangs made as a joke? Why are they not very popular?

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**Created:** [February 20, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-most-conlangs-made-as-a-joke-why-are-they-not-very-popular/997801 "2024-02-20T02:52:06Z")
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#### Post date: [February 20, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-most-conlangs-made-as-a-joke-why-are-they-not-very-popular/997801/1 "2024-02-20T02:52:06Z")

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Hello guys. So I’ve seen a lot of conlangs made, based of other languages, namely English or Romance languages such as Esperanto, Interlingua and many others. I just wanted to ask, are these languages made for a joke or as a task because, there seem to be many of them, even on omniglot. Are these conlangs mostly for fun? Is that why, they are mostly underused?

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