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Meet the Halifax man who invents new languages, and puts ice cream in his coffee

Linguists usually think about language evolution, not language invention. But not every language mysteriously sparks and evolves over thousands of years. Jamin Johnson, a man living in Halifax, has nimbly invented over nine languages.Conlanger Jamin Johnson has invented over nine languages. (Submitted by Jamin Johnson)When we think of new “made-up” languages, Esperanto comes to mind. It was…

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