Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lingua ignota

/ˈlinɡʷa iŋˈnoːta/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: lin-gua ig-no-ta
IPA: /ˈlinɡʷa iŋˈnoːta/

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Latin-influenced mystical 12th-century constructed language recorded by St. Hildegard of Bingen, and apparently the first entirely artificial language.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin lingua ignōtā (“unknown language”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lingua ignōtā

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce lingua ignota?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlinɡʷa iŋˈnoːta/.
What does lingua ignota mean?: A Latin-influenced mystical 12th-century constructed language recorded by St. Hildegard of Bingen, and apparently the first entirely artificial language.
Where does lingua ignota come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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