International auxiliary language

An International auxiliary language^[A] (shortly IAL or auxlang) is a language that is intended for communication between people who have different first languages.^[1]

Languages of large societies over the centuries have almost reached the international level, for example Latin, Greek, Standard Arabic, Standard Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.^[2]

Some people have turned to the idea of promoting an artificial or constructed language as a possible IAL, for example Esperanto, Ido and Interlingua.^[2]
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1. ↑ Herbert N. Shenton, 'An International Auxiliary Language', Proceedings: Twenty-Fifth Annual Convention of Rotary International (Chicago: Rotary International, 1934), p. 105
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Bodmer, Frederick. The loom of language and Pei, Mario. One language for the world.