auxiliary language
Noun
Meaning
Any language (whether constructed or natural), such as Volapük, Esperanto, Swahili, French, Russian or English, used or intended to be used (locally, regionally, nationally or internationally) for intercommunication by speakers of various other languages.
Short for international auxiliary language.
A local minority language which has official recognition.
A liturgical language, such as Latin, Sanskrit, or Old Church Slavonic, used in religious services.
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A resolution calling for the formation of an "international auxiliary language" to facilitate the spread of mathematical (and commercial) ideas, was proposed; Peano fully supported it.
As an auxiliary language to the local vernaculars, New Latin appeared in a wide variety of documents, ecclesiastical, legal, diplomatic, academic, and scientific.
This approach is taken in the belief that one language will eventually and inevitably "win out" as a world auxiliary language (e.g. International English) without any need for specific action.
In 1903 Peano announced his work on an international auxiliary language called Latino sine flexione (" Latin without inflexion," later called Interlingua, and the precursor of the Interlingua of the IALA ).
From among the various constructed language projects, it is Esperanto that has so far come closest to becoming an officially recognized international auxiliary language.
He wanted to create an easy-to-learn international auxiliary language to allow communication between different linguistic communities.