logical language

English

Noun

logical language (plural logical languages)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see logical,‎ language.
  2. (rare) A language designed to allow (or enforce) unambiguous statements; a loglang.
    • 2005 May 1, Annalee Newitz, “The Conlangers’ Art”, in The Believer‎:
      Logical language builder Garrett Jones estimates there are at least fourteen full-blown logical conlangs, including his own Minyeva and David Ma­dore’s amusingly named Yall (Yet Another Logical Language).
    • 2007 December 9, Sarah Higley, Hildegard of Bingen’s Unknown Language: An Edition, Translation, and Discussion‎, →ISBN, page 133:
      The most famous logical language is “Lojban,” an offshoot of Loglan started in 1955 by James Cooke Brown and maintained by the “Logical Language Group” since 1987.
    • 2011 October 15, Stephen D Rogers, The Dictionary of Made-Up Languages‎, →ISBN, page 210:
      The people who left the Loglan project in 1987 started their own logical language under the name of the Logical Language Group.
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