Novial

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Novial

Summary

Novial is a constructed language[1]. Novial has Wikipedia articles in 79 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Novial is the creator of Otto Jespersen[3].
  • Novial's instance of is recorded as constructed language[4].
  • Novial's instance of is recorded as international auxiliary language[5].
  • Novial's instance of is recorded as Esperantido[6].
  • Novial's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Novial's Commons category is recorded as Novial[8].
  • Novial's Wikimedia language code is recorded as nov[9].
  • 1928 marks the founding of Novial[10].
  • Novial's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 56.456944444444446, 'longitude': 10.039166666666667, 'precision': 0.0002777777777777778}[11].
  • Novial's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Novial[12].
  • Novial's described at URL is recorded as https://www.frathwiki.com/Novial[13].
  • Novial's described at URL is recorded as https://database.conlang.org/view/?conlang=432[14].
  • Novial's described at URL is recorded as http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/index.php?page=languages&id=294[15].
  • Novial's described at URL is recorded as https://cals.info/language/novial/[16].
  • Novial's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+20'}[17].
  • Novial's native label is recorded as Novial[18].
  • Novial's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NOV[19].
  • Novial's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-230473547[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include constructed language[4], international auxiliary language[5], and Esperantido[6].

Origins

1928 marks the founding of Novial[10].

Why It Matters

Novial has Wikipedia articles in 79 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id novial
    Described at url https://www.frathwiki.com/Novial, https://database.conlang.org/view/?conlang=432, http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/index.php?page=langu +1
    Flag image Flag of Novial.svg
    Inception +1928-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536113605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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