Interlingua is the international language published by the International
Auxiliary Language Association (IALA) of New York in 1951, after decades
of research by full-time linguists.
Interlingua, like other planned languages, can be used as
a second language for the world and as a bridge between
its speakers of its source languages
English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Interlingua vocabulary (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so on) is
mainly a simplified form of French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese,
languages
descended from Latin. As a large proportion of English comes
from Latin, most Interlingua words are easily recognizable to
English speakers.
Interlingua grammar, also a simplified form of Latin-based
languages, is very simple, because it does not have the dreaded
irregular verbs and nouns
that national languages have.
As the grammar is so uncomplicated and the vocabulary so
similar to English, Interlingua can be mastered in a
fraction of the time it takes to brush up,
let alone learn, a traditional language.
Interlingua is a good basis for learning the Latin-based languages.
In fact, many speakers of the Latin-based languages can
understand Interlingua wirh little trouble.
Since there are so many speakers of Latin-based languages
in the Americas and Europe, Interlingua is the ideal second
language for these places.
The Bluegrass Interlingua Club is a local group dedicated to the study and
use of Interlingua. The Bluegrass Interlingua Club meets weekly to provide
a forum for discussions in and about Interlingua.
What can Interlingua do for Central Kentucky?
With our increasing Hispanic population, Interlingua can be a simple
bridge to communicating with our new neighbors. Interlingua,
being easier to learn than English, can also introduce Western vocabulary
to our new Asian neighbors. Interlingua can also help Lexingtonians
who plan to travel to a Latin countries, whether in
Europe or in the Americas.