International auxiliary languages

Afrihili is a constructed language designed in 1970 by K. A. Kumi Attobrah to be used as a lingua franca in all of Africa. The name of the language is a combination of Africa and Swahili. The author, a native of Akrokerri in Ghana, originally conceived of the idea in 1967 while on a sea voyage from English Dover to French Calais. His intention was that "it would promote unity and understanding among the different peoples of the continent, reduce costs in printing due to translations and promote trade". It is meant to be easy for Africans to learn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Afrihili"

Babm ( pronounced: ) is an international auxiliary language created by the Japanese philosopher Rikichi [Fuishiki] Okamoto (1885–1963). Okamoto first published the language in a 1962 book, but the language has not caught on even within the constructed language community, and does not have any known current speakers. ** The language uses the Roman alphabet as a syllabary—each letter marks an entire syllable rather than a single phoneme. To readers used to the Roman script, this creates a rather oddly compacted script with far more consonant letters than vowel letters. However, with a little practice, Babm becomes easier to read. ...more on Wikipedia about "Babm"

Dunia is a constructed language. In contrast with many others it is not oriented to western vocabulary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dunia"

Ekspreso (eso) is a constructed language. The name derives from the Latin word expressus ("expressed"), the past participle of exprimere (literally "to squeeze out"), from ex-, "out of, from," + premere, "to press". ...more on Wikipedia about "Ekspreso"

Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed international language. The name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof first published the Unua Libro in 1887. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy and flexible language as a universal second language to foster peace and international understanding. ...more on Wikipedia about "Esperanto"

Interlingua forms its vocabulary based on a "consensus" between English, French, Italian and Spanish/Portuguese words for the same concept. While Esperanto draws on the same roots, and also includes many Germanic and Slavic roots, new words are often formed by agglutination, in the same manner as, for example, German, Hungarian, and many Asian languages. As an example, take the Esperanto word for hospital: in Esperanto, mal·san·ul·ej·o which breaks down into smaller root words, mal (opposite), san (health), ul (person), ej (place), o (noun): thus, a place for a person with the opposite of health. This method of word construction (which would be familiar to speakers of many Asian and East European languages) allows for a larger vocabulary, using fewer root words. ...more on Wikipedia about "Esperanto and Interlingua compared"

Euroclone languages are international auxiliary languages which use a posteriori vocabulary borrowed from the roots of European languages. Many of the Euroclones use a mix of Germanic and Romance roots, but most often the roots are taken from Romance languages. These international auxiliary languages end up sounding very similar, with little to distinguish them from other European languages. As the name implies that a language is merely an undistinguished " clone" of "real" languages, Euroclone has pejorative connotations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Euroclone" http://www.shortopedia.com Dreamteam. International_auxiliary_languages

Europanto is a constructed language, a linguistic jest with a hodge-podge vocabulary from many European languages. It was created in 1996 by Diego Marani, a translator for the European Council of Ministers in Brussels. Marani created it in response to the perceived dominance of the English language; it is an emulation of the effect that non-native speakers struggling to learn a language typically add words and phrases from their native language to express their meanings clearly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Europanto"

Fasala is a new artificial language, which is rather an intellectual pleasure than an ambitious project, as e.g. Esperanto was, the latter intended to be an auxiliary language for the world. The vocabulary of Fasala includes roughly 5000 words that are either freely invented or are derived from Italian or Greek. But even then they are often far from recognition. The grammar is similar to that of most european languages, but a particularity is the extensive application of prefixes, e.g.: ...more on Wikipedia about "Fasala"

Fasile is an under construction language from Brazil. It was created by Balduino Egon Breitenbach in 1999, and while its number of proficient speakers is unknown, an uncited 500 are claimed mostly in Breitenbach's country, with supposed groups in Canada, France, Portugal, Spain and Japan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fasile"

Folkspraak (also Folksprâk, Folkspraek, Folksprák, Folksprak, and hyphenated versions such as Folk-Spraak) is an international auxiliary language (IAL) project based on the Germanic languages, currently in development. It is intended to be quickly learnable by all Germanic speakers (a group including over 465 million native speakers, and an additional 300 to 900 million who speak English as a second language). It is not meant to be designed by any one individual, but is a collective work created by all interested parties, according to the Folkspraak charter guidelines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Folkspraak"

Globish is a neologism and a portmanteau of the words Global and English. It is a simplified version of the English language that uses only the most common English words and phrases. It is used by non-English-speakers of various native tongues. ...more on Wikipedia about "Globish"

Glosa language is an international auxiliary language (auxlang), that was developed by Lancelot Hogben (as Interglossa, GB, 1943), Ronald Clark and Wendy Ashby (GB, 1972-1992). Glosa is of the type that linguists call isolating, meaning that there are no inflections. ...more on Wikipedia about "Glosa"

Idiom Neutral is an international auxiliary language, published in 1902 by the International Academy of the Universal Language (Akademi Internasional de Lingu Universal) under the leadership of Waldemar Rosenberger, a St. Petersburg engineer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Idiom Neutral" Things go better with shortopedia. shortopedia

Ido (pronounced / /), a constructed language, was created to become a universal second language for speakers of different linguistic backgrounds, easier to learn than any ethnic language. This intended usage parallels the actual use of English as a lingua franca. Unlike English, which is a natural and sometimes irregular language, Ido is specifically designed for grammatical, orthographic, and lexicographical regularity, and to favour no one who might otherwise be advantaged due to native fluency. In this sense, Ido is classified as an International Auxiliary Language. It may be the second most widely used of these after Esperanto, its predecessor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ido"

The constructed language Interlingua is an international auxiliary language (IAL) published in 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). In appearance, Interlingua combines a Latin-Romance vocabulary with a simplified Romance grammar, and thus it is often referred to as a modernized and simplified Latin. It is sometimes called IALA Interlingua to distinguish it from the other uses of interlingua. ...more on Wikipedia about "Interlingua"

Latino sine flexione ( Latin without inflections) is an auxiliary language invented by the mathematician Giuseppe Peano in 1903. The language itself is simplified version of Latin, and retains its vocabulary. The justification for Latino sine flexione was given by Peano's article, "De Latino sine Flexione, Lingua Auxiliare Internationale". The article argued that auxiliary languages are unnecessary, since Latin is already established as the world's international language. The article was written in classical Latin, although it gradually dropped its inflections until there were none. It has been called "interlingua" but should not be confused with the more common conlang Interlingua, which later replaced Latino sine flexione. ...more on Wikipedia about "Latino sine flexione"

Lingua Franca Nova is an auxiliary constructed language created by Dr. C. George Boeree of Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania. It is based on French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan. Lingua Franca Nova is usually abbreviated to LFN and has also been referred to as Europijin and Creol. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lingua Franca Nova"

Frater ( lingua sistemfrater), an a posteriori international auxiliary language, published in Frater (Lingua sistemfrater). The simplest International Language Ever Constructed, in 1957 by the Vietnamese linguist Pham Xuan Thai. The grammar can be compared to the grammar of Indonesian and this language can be a bridge with this people and other Asian peoples with particulary simple grammars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lingua sistemfrater"

(Mondial (language)) Pei, Mario. One Language for the World. Devin-Adair, New York: 1958. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mondial (language)"

Mondlango, also known as Ulango, is an international auxiliary language similar to Esperanto with a greater English influence. It was initially authored by He Yafu in 2002. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mondlango" Things Go Better with http://www.shortopedia.com.

Neo is a constructed language (conlang) created by Arturo Alfandari in 1961. Grammatically, it shows the influence of Esperanto. It is notable for its terseness, which exceeds that of English or any IAL of the European naturalistic type. Neo attracted some interest in the circle around the International Language Review, a periodical for IAL proponents, but the progress of the language was cut short by the death of its author in the mid-1960s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Neo (Constructed language)"

Novial [nov-, new + IAL, International Auxiliary Language] is a constructed language devised by Professor Otto Jespersen, a Danish linguist who had previously been involved in the Ido movement. He devised Novial to be an international auxiliary language (IAL), which would facilitate international communication and friendship, without displacing anyone's native language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Novial"

The language Occidental, later Interlingue, is a planned language created by the Estonian naval officer and teacher Edgar de Wahl and published in 1922. ...more on Wikipedia about "Occidental language"

Progressiva is a constructed language, started by Mattia Suardi around December 2002. Its construction still continues today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Progressiva"

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