Interglossa
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.
| Interglossa | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Lancelot Hogben |
| Date | 1943 |
| Setting and usage | international auxiliary language |
| Purpose | Constructed language
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| Sources | Latin and Greek |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | igs |
Linguist List | igs |
| Glottolog | inte1261 |
A descendant of Interglossa is Glosa (1970s–), which expanded and made changes to the words of the language.
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