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International Auxiliary Languages "That international auxiliary language is best which in every point offers the greatest facility to the greatest number" - Otto Jespersen, 1908

International Auxiliary Languages (IALs) are languages constructed with the aim of facilitating communication between people who would otherwise have no other language in common. They are usually designed to be significantly simpler, and thus more easily learnt, than national or "natural" languages.

As well as the general information available from this page, I also provide information on the IALs Ido, the language of the Delegation, and Novial by Otto Jespersen. Links to information on other IALs will be found further down this page. Please address any comments on these pages to me at idojc@hotmail.com

The following materials are now available at this site: Histoire de la Langue Universelle par L. Couturat et L. Leau, 1903 [under construction]

International Language and Science by L. Couturat, O. Jespersen, R. Lorenz, W. Ostwald and L. Pfaundler, 1910

Interlinguistics by Otto Jespersen, 1931

The Function of an International Auxiliary Language by E. Sapir, 1925

On Language Making - Paper read to the Philological Society of London by Henry Jacob, 1948

Artificial Languages after the World-War by Otto Jespersen, 1918

The Preparatory Work for an International Technical Terminology by Henry Jacob, 1945

An International Language by Otto Jespersen, 1928

A Planned Auxiliary Language by Henry Jacob, 1947

On the Choice of a Common Language by Henry Jacob, 1946

History of Our Language (Ido) by Otto Jespersen (English version)

Historio di Nia Linguo da Otto Jespersen (Ido-versiono originala)

Otto Jespersen - his work for an international auxiliary language by Henry Jacob, 1943

Wilhelm Ostwald on World-Language (in Ido)

Discussion pri International Lingue - Discussion between Otto Jespersen and Edgar de Wahl, Helsingør 1935

Men Labore por un International Lingue - 1. Ante li mondemilite by Otto Jespersen, from Novialiste , 1937

, 1937 Men Labore por un International Lingue - 2. Pos li monde-guere by Otto Jespersen, from Novialiste , 1938

, 1938 Pri Nonmediati Derivatione in li International Lingues by Siegfried Auerbach, 1930

Esperanto - a critique by James Chandler, 1997

Ido-Novial Comparative Texts

Bibliography to "A Planned Auxiliary Language", 1947

Modified English as a Universal Language by Otto Jespersen, 1934

Rudolf Carnap on IALs - a philosopher's view of international languages

The Universal Adoption of Latin Letters by Otto Jespersen, 1934

Euro Babel - English translation of an article about IALs and the EU, from Progreso 1995

What is the use of phonetics? by Otto Jespersen, 1910

Project Optima - a new project to find and formulate an optimal human language

Nature and Art in Language (Part 1) by Otto Jespersen, 1933

Nature and Art in Language (Part 2) by Otto Jespersen, 1933

Otto Jespersen Online Bibliography - Directory of his books and articles

Otto Jespersen by Niels Haislund, 1943

Adversative Conjunctions by Otto Jespersen, 1933 (linguistic article giving the theory behind the Ido article Linguala questioni - Ma vice sed)

Language: its Nature, Development and Origin by Otto Jespersen, 1922 [under construction]

The Approaches to Artificial Language by Harold E. Palmer, D.Litt. (preface to A Planned Auxiliary Language)

Efficiency in Linguistic Change by Otto Jespersen, 1941

English-Dutch-Swedish word list 1000 common words

English-Dutch-Swedish word list 1000 common words Textos e traductiones in Interlingua de IALA If you would like to take part in lively e-mail discussions on the problem of an International Auxiliary Language, then why not join the Auxlang list? To join, send the message subscribe auxlang yourname (with yourname replaced by your name) to the address listserv@listserv.brown.edu. You will then receive further instructions, including how to sign off!

Here are some links to information on other International Auxiliary Languages. These links should lead you to all the information that is available on each language.



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