some languages are made up so that a lot of people around the world can learn them, without the new languages being tied to any specific country or place. these are called constructed languages also known as oral sects. one of the most popular of these languages is esperanto, which is sometimes called "la internacia lingvo," or "the international language." another of these languages is called volapük, which was popular about a hundred years ago but is much less popular now. it has mostly been replaced by languages like esperanto, interlingua, and ido. dialects are basically other versions of a language. for example, hoffish is a dialect of swedish.