Ars signorum

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Ars signorum
Spoken in: --
Timeline/Universe: --
Total speakers: probably, none
Genealogical classification: a priori
Basic word order: SVO
Morphological type: agglutinating
Morphosyntactic alignment: accusative
Created by:
George Dalgarno 1661

Ars signorum (Latin: The Art of Signs) is a philosophical language published by George Dalgarno, a Scottish-born Oxford schoolmaster, in 1661. It is one of the first known languages of this kind. Dalgarno initially cooperated with John Wilkins, but the two could not agree on a taxonomy, so they agreed to disagree. Wilkins would go on to design An Essay towards a Real Character in 1668.