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interlingua

interlingua \in`ter*lin"gua\, n. A language used as an intermediate language in translating from a source language to a target language; -- used especially in machine translation by computers; as, some machine translation systems use Esperanto as an interlingua.

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n. an interlanguage

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Interlingua (; ISO 639 language codes ia, ina) is an international auxiliary language (IAL), developed between 1937 and 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). It ranks among the top most widely used IALs (along with Esperanto and Ido), and is the most widely used naturalistic IAL: in other words, its vocabulary, grammar and other characteristics are derived from natural languages rather than a centrally planned grammar and vocabulary. Interlingua was developed to combine a simple, mostly regular grammar with a vocabulary common to the widest possible range of languages, making it unusually easy to learn, at least for those whose native languages were sources of Interlingua's vocabulary and grammar. Conversely, it is used as a rapid introduction to many natural languages.

Interlingua literature maintains that (written) Interlingua is comprehensible to the hundreds of millions of people who speak Romance languages, though it is actively spoken by only a few hundred.

The name Interlingua comes from the Latin words , meaning between, and , meaning tongue or language. These morphemes are identical in Interlingua. Thus, "Interlingua" would mean "language for intercommunication".

Interlingua (disambiguation)

Interlingua may be one of the following:

  • Interlingua, an auxiliary language developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association.
  • An alternative name for Latino Sine Flexione, a largely defunct auxiliary language developed by Giuseppe Peano.
  • A general term describing any international auxiliary language. See also interlinguistics.
  • A language-neutral representation of semantic and grammatical concepts; see Interlingual machine translation.
  • A name given to the fictional "basic speech" used in science fiction settings, such as Star Trek and the works of Robert A. Heinlein.

You may also be looking for Interlingue, more commonly known as Occidental, a little-used auxiliary language originally devised by Edgar de Wahl.

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Usage examples of "interlingua".

His foster father took him to a shop where Interlingua was understood.

A company called the Science News Service bought the rights to Interlingua, a language constructed by the International Auxiliary Language Association under the direction of linguists Andre Martinet and Alexander Code.

Repeating procedures, digging up the software encyclopedia and putting the interlingua alphabet onscreen.

Hevians spoke the mixture of English, Interlingua and Russian which was the beche-de-mer of deep space, learned long ago from the Okies, none of the children did-but it was also a blessing, since it precluded any extensive interrogation of Web and Estelle about their own world, culture and background.

Rafik, who might or might not remember the few words Acorna had initially used before she had sopped up Basic Universal Interlingua like a sponge.

He had wakened sooner and spent less total time with the LAANYE than the older Linyaari had, and it showed in his difficulty with Basic Interlingua phonemics.

Pal, but he explained that they needed information from the Linyaari, and that she, as the only person who could communicate with them telepathically and who was also familiar with Basic Interlingua, might be needed to make sure that they understood the Linyaari information about the Khieevi correctly.