EsoNatLangs Bring the Complexity of Natural Language into Code

The five esolangs discussed in this piece -- Coem, Love Languages, Prāsa, Kip, and Captive -- draw on aspects of natural language usually avoided in code: nuance and ambiguity, complex grammars and morphologies. They stand apart from the better‑known, jokier esolangs like LOLCODE or RockStar, which borrow from natlangs only for their vocabulary, building lexicons of memespeak or power-ballad…