International auxiliary language

An International auxiliary language^[A] (shortly IAL or auxlang) is a language that is intended for communication between people who have different first languages.^[1]

Languages of large societies over the centuries have almost reached the international level, for example Latin, Greek, Standard Arabic, Standard Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.^[2]

Some people have turned to the idea of promoting an artificial or constructed language as a possible IAL, for example Esperanto, Ido and Interlingua.^[2]

Significant auxiliary languages

pidgins - a simplified language used in Singapore, the Philippines, Polynesia and other places.^[3]
- Mediterranean Lingua Franca - A Pidgin based on Romance languages.
- Tok Pisin - A Pidgin based on the English language.
Volapük - the first widely used constructed language, less popular after Esperanto was introduced.^[4]
Esperanto - a constructed language with up to 2,000,000 speakers.^[5]
- Ido - a project of reformed Esperanto.
Interlingua - a constructed language.
Interlingue
Basic English - A constructed language, a simplified form of English with reduced number of words^[6]

Notes

↑ The term was used at least as early as 1908, by Otto Jespersen.

References

↑ Herbert N. Shenton, 'An International Auxiliary Language', Proceedings: Twenty-Fifth Annual Convention of Rotary International (Chicago: Rotary International, 1934), p. 105
1 2 Bodmer, Frederick. The loom of language and Pei, Mario. One language for the world.
↑ Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Vol 3, eds. S. A. Wurm; Peter Mühlhäusler; Darrell T. Tyron (Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996), p. 519
↑ Esperanto, Interlinguistics, and Planned Language, ed. Humphrey Tonkin (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1997), p. 183
↑ Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition, eds. M. Paul Lewis; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig (Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2014) online version
↑ Language, a Right and a Resource: Approaching Linguistic Human Rights, ed. Miklós Kontra (Budapest: Central European University Press, 1999), p. 26

[1] The term was used at least as early as 1908, by Otto Jespersen.

[2] Herbert N. Shenton, 'An International Auxiliary Language', Proceedings: Twenty-Fifth Annual Convention of Rotary International (Chicago: Rotary International, 1934), p. 105

[bodmer_pei-3] 1 2 Bodmer, Frederick. The loom of language and Pei, Mario. One language for the world.

[4] Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Vol 3, eds. S. A. Wurm; Peter Mühlhäusler; Darrell T. Tyron (Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996), p. 519

[5] Esperanto, Interlinguistics, and Planned Language, ed. Humphrey Tonkin (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1997), p. 183

[6] Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition, eds. M. Paul Lewis; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig (Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2014) online version

[7] Language, a Right and a Resource: Approaching Linguistic Human Rights, ed. Miklós Kontra (Budapest: Central European University Press, 1999), p. 26

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