Interglossa
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Interglossa (lit. "between + language") is a constructed language devised by biologist Lancelot Hogben during World War II, as an attempt to put the international lexicon of science and technology, mainly of Greek and Latin origin, into a language with a purely isolating grammar. Interglossa was published in 1943 as just a draft of an auxiliary.[1] Hogben applied semantic principles to provide a reduced vocabulary of just over 880 words which might suffice for basic conversation among peoples of different nationality.
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Interglossa | |
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Created by | Lancelot Hogben |
Date | 1943 |
Setting and usage | international auxiliary language |
Purpose | Constructed language
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Sources | Latin and Greek |
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ISO 639-3 | igs |
igs | |
Glottolog | inte1261 |
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A descendant of Interglossa is Glosa (1970s–), which expanded and made changes to the words of the language.