To the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarin

I guess it isn&#x27;t that surprising. Both constructed languages and natural languages are man-made and do the same thing, it&#x27;s just that they were developed by different processes.<p>Conlangs also tend to be based, consciously or subconsciously, on existing natural languages. As I understand, Esperanto is largely Romance language vocabulary with Slavic language grammar.

That explains why filk music &quot;in the original klingon&quot; is so effective; eg <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=uOJoOtk7Scw&amp;list=PLftMKM97FePyAkgCRADsqUBhP1BV6Ga6c&amp;index=7" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=uOJoOtk7Scw&amp;list=PLftMKM97Fe...</a> [bIHar &#x27;e&#x27; yImevQo&#x27; (Don&#x27;t Stop Believin&#x27;)]<p>Lagniappe: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=gv0QIbGc8i8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=gv0QIbGc8i8</a>

I’m excited for the Lojban work:<p>&gt; To further refine the features of language that activate the brain’s language network, Fedorenko’s lab is now planning to study how the brain responds to a conlang called Lojban, which was created by the Logical Language Group in the 1990s and was designed to prevent ambiguity of meanings and promote more efficient communication.