Sentence examples for auxiliary language from inspiring English sources

The phrase "auxiliary language" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a language that is used to facilitate communication between speakers of different native languages.
Example: "Esperanto is often cited as a successful example of an auxiliary language designed to promote international understanding."
Alternatives: "secondary language" or "interlingua".

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auxiliary language

noun

Any language (whether constructed or natural), such as Volapük, Esperanto, Swahili, French, Russian or English, used or intended to be used (locally, regionally, nationally or internationally) for intercommunication by speakers of various other languages.

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Based on a synthesis of Latin, French, German, and English vocabularies, with a greatly simplified grammar, Interlingua was intended for use as an international auxiliary language.

Preface, by C.K. Ogden.--A social problem, by H.N. Shenton.--The function of an international auxiliary language, by E. Sapir.--Interlinguistics, by O. Jespersen.

The approach utilizes an auxiliary language to enable data interoperability in a synthetic computing environment and to make connections between data and mathematical models.

By the nineteenth century, the dream of constructing a philosophical language capable of expressing universal truths had given way to the equally ambitious desire to unite the world through a single, easy-to-learn, politically neutral, auxiliary language.

Esperanto, which means "The Hoping One," is an auxiliary language that was a construction of Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof in the 19th century, and while it may be responsible for fostering good communication between countries with differing languages, it was used as a tool to keep students on their best behavior where I went to school.

However, they are better known for an auxiliary language, known as Eskayan, or Ineskaya, which is used for prayers, songs, and formal speeches.

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Attempts to lift the curse of Babel took off in the 19th century with the first "international auxiliary languages".

In the 19th and 20th centuries, international auxiliary languages such as Interlingua and Esperanto were developed in the hope of breaking down language barriers across the globe.

Carnap's interest in artificial languages included advocacy of international auxiliary languages such as Esperanto and Interlingua to facilitate scholarly communication and to further international understanding.

Long interested in international auxiliary languages, he helped to elaborate Ido, but his main achievement in this area was devising Novial, which he presented in International Language (1928).

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