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Lingua Franca Nova

auxiliary constructed language, originally created by C. George Boeree, and largely based on a Romance substrate partially creolized then modified by some evolutive rules of simplification
Intangible international_auxiliary_language Q146803
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Summary

Lingua Franca Nova is an international auxiliary language[1]. It draws 683 Wikipedia views per month (international auxiliary language category, ranking #2 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: C. George Boeree[3]
  • Instance of: constructed language[4]
  • Based on: Romance languages[5]
  • Flag: flag of Lingua Franca Nova[6]
  • Writing system: Latin script[7], Cyrillic script[8]
  • Commons category: Lingua Franca Nova[9]
  • Wikimedia language code: lfn[10]
  • Inception: 1998[11]
  • Official website: https://elefen.org/[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lingua Franca Nova[13]
  • Inspired by: Sabir[14], Papiamento[15], Haitian Creole[16]
  • Described at URL: https://linguifex.com/wiki/Lingua_Franca_Nova[17], https://cals.info/language/lingua-franca-nova/[18]
  • Language regulatory body: Q65446665[19]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 200[20]
  • Used by: Elefenist[21]
  • Native label: lingua franca nova[22], elefen[23]
  • Short name: LFN[24]
  • Different from: Lingua Franca Nuova[25]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LFN[26], http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-442176813[27]
  • Has tense: past tense[28], present tense[29], future tense[30]
  • Has grammatical mood: conditional[31], infinitive[32]
  • Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[33], nominative–accusative language[34], fusional language[35]
  • Related category: Category:Lingua Franca pronunciation[36]
  • Has grammatical number: singular[37], plural[38]

Why It Matters

Lingua Franca Nova has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . omniglot.com. Retrieved . omniglot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . elefen.org. Retrieved . elefen.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . elefen.org. Retrieved . elefen.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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