auxiliary language
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of auxiliary language
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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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
A chapter on the evolution of the alphabet opens the book; a section on the need for an international auxiliary language closes it.
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
Note.—To avoid repeating the cumbrous phrase "international auxiliary language," the word auxiliary is usually omitted.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John
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