auxiliary language

noun

1. a language, as Esperanto, Swahili, or English, used for intercommunication by speakers of various other languages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of auxiliary language¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

A simple, common, international auxiliary language — “confidently predicted” in 1921 to become “a part of every educated person’s equipment” — remains unestablished today.

From Science News

A twofold advantage will have been attained by the introduction of a universal auxiliary language .

From Project Gutenberg

It would be the same with the official recognition by a group of powerful nations of an auxiliary language.

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It sins against the cardinal principle that an auxiliary language shall inflict no damage upon any natural one.

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The universal ability to use an auxiliary language on occasion rounds off and completes the levelling process.

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