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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. 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.

Key facts

Language.name
Interglossa
Language.creator
Lancelot Hogben
Language.created
1943
Language.setting
international auxiliary language
Language.fam2
auxiliary language
Language.posteriori
Latin and Greek
Language.iso3
igs
Language.linglist
igs
Language.glotto
inte1261
Language.glottorefname
Interglossa

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CALS: Language: Interglossa

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discoverer or inventor
Lancelot Hogben
inception
1943-00-00
linguistic typology
isolating language
writing system
Latin script
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Interglossa è un progetto di lingua artificiale ideato nel 1943 dal biologo inglese (1895-1975).

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