# Fictional language = artificial (other)?

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fictional-language-artificial-other/676035>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz\
**Tags:** language, style\
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fictional-language-artificial-other/676035 "2024-01-17T10:47:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![boysmithers](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/boysmithers/32/94769_2.png) [@boysmithers](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/boysmithers)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fictional-language-artificial-other/676035/1 "2024-01-17T10:47:14Z")

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Hmmm, I’ve just added this [Release group “Iklaladrân” by Zundmarazkhulshilkîn - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/49d9e614-4898-44e2-897e-ffb1bd158c64)  
The album and track titles are in “Khuzdul” (J.R.R. Tolkien’s dwarf language!)  
Is Artificial (Other) the correct one to use for fictional languages? I guess there must be loads of releases in Tolkien’s made up languages, but I couldn’t find any…

Or maybe the language should be set to “English” as the fictional language was made up by someone who wrote in English???

(NB, I originally posted this in another thread, but realised that that thread was about lyrics, this is an instrumental release)

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**Author:** ![outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/outsidecontext/32/90_2.png) [@outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/outsidecontext)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fictional-language-artificial-other/676035/2 "2024-01-17T10:59:48Z")

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Yes, that’s an artificial language.

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**Author:** ![boysmithers](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/boysmithers/32/94769_2.png) [@boysmithers](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/boysmithers)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fictional-language-artificial-other/676035/3 "2024-01-17T11:32:20Z")

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Great, many thanks!!