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Top 10 invented languages..

Top 10 invented languages


esperanto 

created by: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof in 1887 An international auxiliary language devised with the aim of promoting peace and understanding across the world.

solresol 

created by: François sudre in 1827 in the language of solresol, words
can be communicated using hand gestures, colours and musical notes as well as verbally.

Universalglot 

created by: Jean pirro in 1868 An early – and unsuccessful – attempts at an international auxiliary language drew on vocabulary from a number of existing dialects.

blissymbols

 created by: charles K Bliss in 1949 using symbols, this written language was adopted for signs in places like airports in canada and sweden.

Slovianski 

created by: a team of language experts in 2006
An interlanguage designed to improve communication between slavic peoples. it’s now spoken by around 2000 people.

Sambahsamundialect

 created by: olivier simon in 2007 this new tongue has a simple grammar and incorporates vocabulary from Arabic, chinese and swahili among others.

Volapük 

created by: Johann Martin schleyer in 1880 using mostly english words as a base, it was spoken by an estimated one million people at the peak of its popularity.

occidental 

Created by: edgar de Wahl in 1922 Drawing largely on european words, this language built a big worldwide following but fell out of favour in the years following the second World War.

láadan 

created by: suzette haden elgin in 1982 this tonal language was devised to better enable women to express their views.

afrihili

Created by: K A Kumi Attobrah in 1970
Afrihili took elements from english and various African languages.



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