Constructed language
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A constructed language or conlang is a language for communication between humans which, unlike most languages that naturally emerge from human interaction, is devised by a person or group for a partic
Page 68r of the Voynich manuscript. This three-page foldout from the manuscript includes a chart that appears astronomical.
Esperanto
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Esperanto is the world's most widely spoken constructed auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 as 'the International Language', it is intended to be a universal second language for inte
Constructed language
…disagreements between Schleyer and some prominent users of the language led to schism, and by the mid-1890s it fell into obscurity, making way for Esperanto, proposed in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof, and its descendants. Interlingua, the most recent auxlang to gain a significant number of speakers, emerged in…
Zamenhof, c. 1895
7th Esperanto congress, Antwerp, August 1911
The Republic of Rose Island in the Adriatic Sea used Esperanto as its official language in 1968; it has since been demolished
Esperanto books at the World Esperanto Congress, Rotterdam 2008