Uropi

Uropi
Created byJoël Landais
Setting and usageInternational auxiliary language
Purpose
Sourcesbased on Indo-European languages
Official status
Regulated byJoël Landais Official website
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
IETFart-x-uropi

Uropi is a constructed language which was created by Joël Landais, a French English teacher. Uropi is a synthesis of European languages, explicitly based on the common Indo-European roots and aims at being used as an international auxiliary language for Europe and thus contributing to building a European identity.

Uropi was begun in 1986; since then, it has undergone certain modifications; its vocabulary keeps growing (the French-Uropi dictionary has over 10,000 words).

Uropi became known in Europe in the early 1990s.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

  1. ^ Ducos, Étienne, «Joël Landais invente la 251e langue», in Libération, October 16, 1986
  2. ^ Bremer, Hans-Hagen, «Vok vu Uropi: Ein Lehrer träumt nachts auf europäisch» in Frankfurter Rundschau, November 24, 1986
  3. ^ Долгополов, Николай, «Уроки Уропи» in Комсомольская Правда, November 21, 1987
  4. ^ Étienne Ducos, «Des lettres russes arrivent par centaines chez Joël Landais», in L'Écho républicain, December 15, 1987
  5. ^ Webster, Paul, «Uropi, the new lingua franca», in The Guardian Weekly, week of January 15, 1989
  6. ^ Singer, Enrico, «Uropi, una nuova lingua per l'Europa», in La Stampa, February 24, 1989
  7. ^ Tabone, Bénédicte, «L'Uropi n'est pas une utopie», in La Nouvelle République du Centre Ouest, July 2, 1989
  8. ^ Author not mentioned, «Uropi, mehr als eine private Geheimsprache - Ein Chance in Europa» in Tagespost, October 28–29, 1989
  9. ^ Долгополов, Николай, «Мы снова говорим на разных языках» in Комсомольская Правда, April 29, 1990
  10. ^ Hrabovský, Jiří, «Vok vu Uròpi? Hovoříte po Evropsku?» in Svět v Obrazech, November 29, 1990
  11. ^ Tribout, Carole, «Les Suisses se penchent sur l'Uropi», in République du Centre, October 23, 1991