If language can create fantasy then fantasy can also create language. Invented languages have
long been a key element of creating fantastic worlds both in print (at least from the early
modern period) and more recently on screen. If language can create fantasy then fantasy can
also create language. Invented languages have long been a key element of creating fantastic
worlds both in print (at least from the early modern period) and more recently on screen.
The underlying reason for this persistence is to be found in the partially linguistic nature of
human and arguably alien non-human identities.
