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Interlingue

International auxiliary language created 1922

Languageconstructed language euroclone international auxiliary languageQ35850

Also known as Occidental · Interlingue language · Interlingue (Occidental)

Speakers: 50(2019)
Script: Latin script

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Interlingue ( ), originally Occidental ( ), is an international auxiliary language created in 1922 and renamed in 1949. Its creator, Edgar de Wahl, sought to achieve maximal grammatical regularity and natural character. The vocabulary is based on pre-existing words from various languages and a derivational system which uses recognized prefixes and suffixes.

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63 statements · 21% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Wikimedia language code: ie
Native label: Interlingue
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1.github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/main/ie.xml
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Released: 1922
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1.Stated in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
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Discovered by: Edgar de Wahl
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1.Stated in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
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Creator: Edgar de Wahl
Language regulatory body: Interlingue-Union
Website: occidental-lang.com
Official name: Interlingue(since 1949)
Occidental(1922–1949)
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
Different from: Interlingua
Occidental
Has tense: past tense
present tense
future tense
Has grammatical mood: conditional
imperative

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30 identifiers linking Interlingue across the web's reference databases

48.0439, 30.8500OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDB. (2026). Interlingue (Q35850). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/interlingue-Q35850