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| Lincos | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Hans Freudenthal |
| Date | 1960 |
| Setting and usage | search for extraterrestrial intelligence |
| Purpose | |
| Sources | a priori |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | art-x-lincos |
Lincos (an abbreviation of the Latin phrase lingua cosmica) is a constructed language first described in 1960 by Dr. Hans Freudenthal in his book Lincos: Design of a Language for Cosmic Intercourse, Part 1. It is a language designed to be understandable by any possible intelligent extraterrestrial life form, for use in interstellar radio transmissions.[1] Freudenthal considered that such a language should be easily understood by beings not acquainted with any Earthling syntax or language. Lincos was designed to be capable of encapsulating "the whole bulk of our knowledge".[2]
- ^ Oberhaus, Daniel (2019-09-27). Extraterrestrial Languages. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-35527-8. OCLC 1142708941.
- ^ Nidditch, P. (1962). "Lincos. Design of a Language for Cosmic Intercourse. Part 1. By H. Freudenthal. Pp. 224. 45s. 1960. (North Holland Publishing Co.) (Review)". The Mathematical Gazette. 46 (356): 164. doi:10.2307/3611676. JSTOR 3611676. S2CID 60625617. Retrieved 20 June 2022.