Glossopoeia

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Glossopoeia (/glɒsoʊˈpiːjə/) is a fancy term for conlanging and particularly artlanging, derived from Greek γλῶσσα 'tongue, language' and -ποιία 'making'. Used and probably coined by J. R. R. Tolkien.