Eurolengo

Eurolengo
Created byLeslie Jones
Date1972
Setting and usageInternational auxiliary language
UsersNone known
Purpose
Latin
SourcesVocabulary from English and Spanish
Language codes
ISO 639-3qel (local use)
GlottologNone
IETF art-x-euroleng
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Eurolengo is a constructed language invented by Leslie Jones in 1972.[1]: 156  It was constructed to be a common European language and "a practical tool for business and tourism."[1]: 154 [2]

The vocabulary consists of words borrowed from English and Spanish[3]: 1  and made to conform to a consistent phonetic and orthographic system. Critics find a Spanglish flavor to the language, and that "reading is only straightforward if the requisite languages (in this case English and Spanish) are already familiar."[1]: 157 

Auxiliary languages in general, and regional ones such as Eurolengo in particular, have had little support from the international community;[2] Eurolengo has never had any speakers.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c Large, Andrew, The Artificial Language Movement Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell in association with André Deutsch, 1985
  2. ^ a b Laycock, Donald (1990). AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF LANGUAGE: LANGUAGE ENGINEERING: SPECIAL LANGUAGES (PDF). Routledge. p. 466. ISBN 0-203-71185-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  3. ^ Jones, Leslie, Eurolengo: The Language for Europe Newcastle upon Tyne: Oriel Press, 1972
  4. ^ Scheidhauer, Christophe (2008). "Les langues de l'europe, un régime paradoxalement durable". Langage et Société. 125 (3): 125. doi:10.3917/ls.125.0125. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ^ К истории развития модельной лингвистики