relex

English

Etymology

Clipping of relexification.

Noun

relex (plural relexes)

1. (conlanging) A conlang created by substituting new vocabulary into the grammar of an existing language.

   Lojban started as a relex of Loglan, but the languages' grammars have since diverged.

2. (programming, by extension) A programming language that differs from another only by the names of keywords, functions, etc.