Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

auxiliary language

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables
aux-il-iary lan-guage
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any language (whether constructed or natural), such as Volapük, Esperanto, Swahili, French, Russian or English, used or intended to be used (locally, regionally, nationally or internationally) for intercommunication by speakers of various other languages.

noun

Ellipsis of international auxiliary language.

noun

A local minority language which has official recognition.

noun

A liturgical language, such as Latin, Sanskrit, or Old Church Slavonic, used in religious services.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Linguistics.

Inflected Forms

auxiliary languages (plural)

Phrases

international auxiliary language constructed language

Frequently Paired Words

constructed language

Synonyms

auxlang

Questions

What does auxiliary language mean?
Any language (whether constructed or natural), such as Volapük, Esperanto, Swahili, French, Russian or English, used or intended to be used (locally, regionally, nationally or internationally) for intercommunication by speakers of various other languages.

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