| Novial | |
|---|---|
| novial | |
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| Created by | Otto Jespersen |
| Date | 1928 |
| Setting and usage | International auxiliary language |
| Purpose | |
| Sources | Romance and Germanic languages; also Interlingue and Ido |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nov |
nov | |
| Glottolog | novi1234 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAB-dc |
Novial is an international auxiliary language (IAL) created by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1928. It was designed to facilitate human communication between speakers of different native languages. The name of the language is a blend of the Novial word novi (meaning 'new") and IAL.
Jespersen had been an early supporter of another international auxiliary language, Ido, a reformed version of Esperanto, before leaving to create his own language in 1928.
Novial's vocabulary is borrowed largely from the Romance and Germanic languages, while its analytic grammar is influenced by English.
Novial was introduced in Jespersen's book An International Language in 1928.[1] It was updated in his dictionary Novial Lexike in 1930,[2] and further modifications were proposed in the 1930s, but the language became dormant with Jespersen's death in 1943.[3] In the 1990s, with the revival of interest in constructed languages brought on by the Internet, some people rediscovered Novial.[citation needed]
- ^ "An International Language - Otto Jespersen". www.feedbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ "Novial Lexike". www.blahedo.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ "Novial language, alphabet and pronunciation". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.