What does "novial" mean?

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

Novial

Q: What is a synonym for "novial"?

Common synonyms include: artificial, constructed, constructed language, esperanto, language, novialian.

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Noun

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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

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An international auxiliary language, or interlanguage, published by the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1928.

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artificial constructed constructed language esperanto language novialian

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natural language unplanned language

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"Novial is a beautiful language."

Etymology

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

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