auxiliary language
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of auxiliary language
First recorded in 1900–05
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Zamenhof in the hopes of bringing a common auxiliary language to the world.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
The motivation to learn an auxiliary language isn’t so different from why people pick up French or Italian, she said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2011
Instead he hit upon the idea of making a simplified form of English, thinks it has a good chance of becoming the international auxiliary language of the future.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said he: "The use of such an auxiliary language would of course be greatly increased by its progressive diffusion."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is said that a majority of the Commission are in favour of introducing an auxiliary language into the schools, when one has been chosen by the Delegation or by the Association of Academies.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
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