1998 introductions

auxiliary constructed language, originally created by C. George Boeree, and largely based on a Romance substrate partially creolized then modified by some evolutive rules of simplification

cat-themed eatery

1998 system of plant taxonomy

world day

political model envisaging the average First World citizen reducing their average energy usage to no more than 2000 watts by 2050

United States national DNA database

internal hub gear for bicycles

café where customers can also interact with animals

Kēlen () is a constructed language created by Sylvia Sotomayor in 1998. The language is designed to be a truly alien language by violating a key linguistic universal — namely that all human languages have verbs. In Kēlen, relationships between noun phrases making up the sentence are expressed by one of four relationals. According to Sotomayor, these relationals perform the functions of verbs but lack any of the semantic content. However, the semantic content found in common verbs, such as those that are semantic primes, can also be found in Kēlen's relationals, which calls into question whethe

simplified constructed language related to, but independent of, standard English

workfare programme in the United Kingdom

motor vehicle platform