Ithkuil

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Ithkuil is an experimental constructed language created by John Quijada. It is designed to express more profound levels of human cognition briefly yet overtly and clearly, particularly about human categorization. It is a cross between an a priori philosophical and a logical language. It tries to minimize the vagueness and semantic ambiguity in natural human languages. Ithkuil is notable for its grammatical complexity and extensive phoneme inventory, the latter being simplified in an upcoming redesign. The name "Ithkuil" is an anglicized form of Iţkuîl, which in the original form roughly meant "hypothetical representation of a language." Quijada states he did not create Ithkuil to be auxiliary or used in everyday conversations. Instead, he wanted the language for more elaborate and profound fields where more insightful thoughts are expected, such as philosophy, arts, science, and politics.

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Since July 2015, Quijada has released several Ithkuil songs in a prog-rock style as part of the album Kaduatán, which translates to "Wayfarers."

Looking for this music on the internet, I could only find it on YouTube. Below are two examples:

John Quijada - Kaduatán - Ozkavarkúi ("Guessing Games")

John Quijada - Kaduatán - Ôrödyagzou ("Synaesthesia")

Musically, to my ears, this is Neo-Prog. But one could argue that Zeuhl should be redefined away from Christian Vander's vision and towards any music that has lyrics based on an invented language. Of course, this shift will mean that some artists currently in Zeuhl will no longer fit, Dün being one example that I know.