Linguistics & Language · Endangered & World Languages
A topic within Endangered & World Languages, itself one of 8 topics in that field and part of Linguistics & Language.
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L. L. Zamenhof
Proposes a deliberately regular grammar and a vocabulary built from recognisable European roots, arguing an invented auxiliary language can lower the cost of international communication if, unlike earlier schemes, it is actually put into use.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Otto Jespersen
Argues that an effective international auxiliary language must be built from principles of maximal regularity and ease of production rather than from any one national language, and sets out Novial as an attempt to apply those principles.