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Guosa is a constructed interlanguage originally created by Alex Igbineweka in 1965. It was designed to be a combination of the indigenous languages of Nigeria and to serve as a lingua franca to West Africa.

Key facts

Language.name
Guosa
Language.nativename
Guosa
Language.fam1
constructed language
Language.fam2
international auxiliary language
Language.creator
Alex Igbineweka
Language.created
1965
Language.setting
intended for use in West Africa
Language.posteriori
a posteriori language, derived primarily from Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo.
Language.iso2
none
Language.iso3
qgs
Language.iso3comment
(local use)
Language.ietf
art-x-guosa (local use)
Language.notice
IPA
Language.glotto
none

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections
Contents
  • Linguistic Properties
  • Source Languages
  • Phonology
  • Consonants
  • Vowels
  • Tone
  • Elision
  • Phonotactics
  • Orthography
  • Grammar
  • Pronouns
  • Descriptors
  • Verbs
  • Prepositions
  • Numerals
  • Word formation
  • Examples
  • Usage
  • Criticism
  • References
  • External links

Guosa is a constructed interlanguage originally created by Alex Igbineweka in 1965. It was designed to be a combination of the indigenous languages of Nigeria and to serve as a lingua franca to West Africa.

== Linguistic Properties == === Source Languages ===

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.