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inaInterlingua  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Interlingua (; ISO 639 language codes ia, ina) is an international auxiliary language (IAL), developed between 1937 and 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). It ranks among the top three most widely used IALs (after Esperanto and perhaps Ido), and is the most widely used naturalistic IAL: in other words, its vocabulary, grammar and other characteristics are largely derived from natural languages. Interlingua was developed to combine a simple, mostly regular grammar with a vocabulary common to the widest possible range of languages, making it unusually easy to learn, at least for those whose native languages were sources of Interlingua's vocabulary and grammar. Conversely, it is used as a rapid introduction to many natural languages. though it is actively spoken by only a few hundred. The immediate comprehension of Interlingua, in turn, makes it unusually easy to learn. Speakers of other languages can also learn to speak and write Interlingua in a short time, thanks to its simple grammar and regular word formation using a small number of roots and affixes.

Entry terms

  • Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)

ISO 639-1 code

  • ia

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • ina

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • ina

ISO 639-3 code

  • ina

Notation

  • ina

In other languages

  • Interlingua

    French

  • interlingua
  • interlingua (langue auxiliaire internationale)
  • Interlingua

    German

  • interlingua

    Italian

  • Interlingua
  • Interlíngua

    Portuguese

  • interlíngua
  • interlingua

    Spanish

  • Interlingua

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ina

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