Novial

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Noun
  1. 1
    a constructed international auxiliary language (IAL) for universal communication between speakers of different native languages, its vocabulary is based largely on that of the Germanic and Romance languages, and its grammar on that of English wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An international auxiliary language, or interlanguage, published by the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1928.

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esperantolanguage

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"Novial is a beautiful language."

Etymology

From Novial Nov International Auxiliari Lingue (“New International Auxiliary Language”).

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international auxiliary language

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