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'''Interlingua''' is an [[international auxiliary language]] developed and promoted by the ''International Auxiliary Language Association'' ('''IALA''').  The language is a [[naturalistic auxlang|naturalistic]] IAL based on [[Romance languages]].
'''Interlingua''' is an [[international auxiliary language]] developed and promoted by the ''International Auxiliary Language Association'' ('''IALA''').  The language is a [[naturalistic auxlang|naturalistic]] IAL based on common grammar and vocabulary found in [[Romance languages]] (namely [[French]], [[Italian]], [[Spanish]], and [[Portuguese]]) and Latin-influenced non-Romance languages (namely [[English]] and, to a lesser degree, [[German]] and [[Russian]]).


==Phonology==
==Phonology==


Interlingua is primarily a written language, and the pronunciation is not entirely settled. The sounds in parentheses are not used by all speakers.  
The phonology of Interlingua was described in 1951 by Alexander Gode and Hugh Blair in the IALA publication ''A Grammar of Interlingua''.<ref>[http://members.optus.net/~ado_hall/interlingua/gi/spell/index.html "Spelling & Pronunciation," ''A Grammar of Interlingua''].</ref>


===Consonants===
===Consonants===
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!colspan="2"| [[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]
!colspan="2"| Bilabial
!colspan="2"| [[Labiodental consonant|Labio-<br/>dental]]
!colspan="2"| Labio-<br/>dental
!colspan="2"| [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
!colspan="2"| Alveolar
!colspan="2"| [[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br/>alveolar]]
!colspan="2"| Post-<br/>alveolar
!colspan="2"| [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
!colspan="2"| Palatal
!colspan="2"| [[Labial-velar consonant|Labial-<br/>velar]]
!colspan="2"| Labial-<br/>velar
!colspan="2"| [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
!colspan="2"| Velar
!colspan="2"| [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
!colspan="2"| Glottal
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! [[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]
! Plosive
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! [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
! Nasal
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! [[Flap consonant|Tap]]
! Tap
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! [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! Fricative
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! [[Affricate consonant|Affricates]]
! Affricates
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! [[Approximant]]
! Approximant
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! [[Lateral consonant|Lateral approximant]]
! Lateral approximant
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! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! Front
! [[Back vowel|Back]]
! Back
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! [[Close vowel|Close]]
! Close
| {{IPA|i}}
| {{IPA|i}}
| {{IPA|u}}
| {{IPA|u}}
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! [[Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
! Close-mid
| {{IPA|e}}
| {{IPA|e}}
| {{IPA|o}}
| {{IPA|o}}
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! [[Open vowel|Open]]
! Open
| {{IPA|a}}
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== Notes ==
<references/>


[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Latest revision as of 02:09, 30 July 2017

Interlingua
Spoken in: many countries of Earth
Timeline/Universe: international auxiliary language
Total speakers: unknown
Genealogical classification: A posteriori
Romance-based
Basic word order: SVO
Morphological type: agglutinating
Morphosyntactic alignment: accusative
Created by:
IALA 1951

Interlingua is an international auxiliary language developed and promoted by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). The language is a naturalistic IAL based on common grammar and vocabulary found in Romance languages (namely French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese) and Latin-influenced non-Romance languages (namely English and, to a lesser degree, German and Russian).

Phonology

The phonology of Interlingua was described in 1951 by Alexander Gode and Hugh Blair in the IALA publication A Grammar of Interlingua.[1]

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-
dental 		Alveolar Post-
alveolar 		Palatal Labial-
velar 		Velar Glottal
Plosive p b t d k ɡ
Nasal m n
Tap ɾ
Fricative f v s z ʃ (d)ʒ (h)
Affricates ts~s
Approximant j w
Lateral approximant l

Vowels

Front Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open a

Notes

  1. ↑ "Spelling & Pronunciation," A Grammar of Interlingua.
This article is part of a series on International Auxiliary Languages.

Romance-based Auxlangs: Aercant * Atlango * Interlingua * Latin Nov * Novial * Occidental (Interlingue) * Panroman * Romanal
Germanic-based Auxlangs: Folksprak * Nordien
Slavic Auxlangs: Novoslovnica
Turkic Auxlangs: Jalpi Turkic
African Auxlangs: Afrihili
Mixed-Origin Auxlangs: Esperanto * Adjuvilo * Ido * Ayola * Medial Europan * Bolak * Kotava * North American * Pantos-dimou-glossa * Pasetok * Sasxsek * Universalglot * Volapük
A priori auxlangs: -

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