THE YOUTH CONLANG SOCIETY

A global youth-led community of students exploring language, worldbuilding, storytelling, cultural design, and more. We seek to inspire young students to share the unique projects they’ve dedicated their time to with the world.

LANGUAGES · WRITING SYSTEMS · MAPS · CULTURES · RESEARCH

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WHAT IS THE YCS?

A place where ideas matter.

Traditional online linguistics spaces are overwhelmingly dominated by adult academics and industry professionals, creating a massive barrier to entry for curious younger students. The Youth Conlang Society was founded to changethat.

We believe that young creators across the world
deserve a serious home for the unique and beautiful work of studying language, inventing new ones, and creating worlds.


Create

Design languages, cultures, histories, worlds, stories, writing systems, conduct research, and more

Share

Publish your work and receive feedback from students across the world!

Collaborate

Connect through projects, workshops, and showcases with creative students everywhere.


WHY DOES THE YCS EXIST?

The Youth Conlang Society exists to elevate the creative and intellectual output of young minds from a casual, isolated hobby into a recognized and collaborative discipline. By providing a structured, peer-led infrastructure, our mission is to validate the sophisticated intelligence of high school students globally, to showcase the projects that they have spent months and years developing.

We are committed to fostering a global, self-sustaining community where creative writing, scientific inquiry, and logic converge. Through our departments, peer-edited research, and official web publications, we seek to provide the necessary resources to transform students’ imagination into fully developed worlds, languages, research, and more. Ultimately, our goal is to cultivate a youth movement of articulate scholars, innovative designers, and creative storytellers, empowering them to share their projects and tell their stories to the world.

WHO WE ARE

The YCS Community

The YCS community currently spans 30+ students from over 12 countries as of August 2026. We are expanding our reach every day through social media and are always looking for new additions to our linguistics community!

Where does YCS have members?

AN INVITATION

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