Solresol

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Noun
  1. 1
    an artificial language in which the phonemes can be represented as the seven colours of the rainbow, as the seven notes of the musical scale, as spoken syllables (based on solfege), as hand gestures, etc wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A minor constructed language whose phonemes are based upon the solfège.

    "Solresol reached a high-water mark in 1902, when Society head Boleslas Gajewski published a brief Grammaire du Solresol, which represented a refinement and expansion of the grammar rules set down in Sudre's 1866 guide."

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artificial languagecoding systemconlangconstructed languagehistoric languagehistorical conlang

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"Solresol is an artificial language that you can speak, sing, whistle or play on an instrument."

Etymology

From the name of the language in Solresol, based on the solfège notes so, re, and so.

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