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auxiliary language

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noun

  1. a language, as Esperanto, Swahili, or English, used for intercommunication by speakers of various other languages.


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

Said he: "The use of such an auxiliary language would of course be greatly increased by its progressive diffusion."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Were a universal auxiliary language in operation they would all be considered as one.

From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)

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