International auxiliary language facts for kids
An International auxiliary language (shortly IAL or auxlang) is a language that is intended for communication between people who have different first languages.
Languages of large societies over the centuries have almost reached the international level, for example Latin, Greek, Standard Arabic, Standard Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Some people have turned to the idea of promoting an artificial or constructed language as a possible IAL, for example Esperanto, Ido and Interlingua.
Significant auxiliary languages
- pidgins - a simplified language used in Singapore, the Philippines, Polynesia and other places.
- Mediterranean Lingua Franca - A Pidgin based on Romance languages.
- Tok Pisin - A Pidgin based on the English language.
- Volapük - the first widely used constructed language, less popular after Esperanto was introduced.
- Esperanto - a constructed language with up to 2,000,000 speakers.
- Ido - a project of reformed Esperanto.
- Interlingua - a constructed language.
- Interlingue
- Basic English - A constructed language, a simplified form of English with reduced number of words
Images for kids
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English has become a language of communication across the globe.
See also
In Spanish: Lengua auxiliar para niños
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