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Interlingua
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See also: interlingua and interlíngua
English
Etymology
Coined possibly independently multiple times in multiple languages, but modern use derives from the Interlingua word. The word itself comes from Latin inter (“between”) + lingua (“language”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Interlingua
- A constructed interlanguage based on Romance languages, English, German, Russian and Latin, developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association, and first published in 1951.
- Latino sine flexione, a simplified version of Latin by Giuseppe Peano
Usage notes
Not to be confused with Interlingue, a different constructed language.
Related terms
- Interlingual
- Interlinguist
- Interlinguistics
Translations
interlanguage based on Romance languages
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See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Interlingua terms
- ISO 639-1 code ia, ISO 639-3 code ina (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Interlingua, ina
Further reading
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Interlingua
Proper noun
Interlingua
- alternative letter-case form of interlingua (“Interlingua”)
Romanian
Proper noun
Interlingua f
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