Conlang family

The term conlang family usually refers to a language family of histlangs interrelated through their imaginary history, especially their historical phonologies, tracing them back to a con-proto-language. The creator of a conlang family, the most notable exemplar of which is J. R. R. Tolkien, usually regards the conlang family, embodied in the interrelated histories of the member languages, as a work of art in its own right, of equal or even prime importance compared to the individual member languages.

Another, less frequent, usage of conlang family is to refer to the conlangs of an certain conlanger, seen as a family by virtue of being the creations of the same artist.