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Interlingua

Interlingua, ihn tuhr LIHNG gwuh, is an international language developed for scientific and medical writing. Its purpose is to help scientists of many lands communicate with one another. Interlingua is based on root words and grammatical forms that are common to the leading European languages. Most people familiar with one of these languages can understand Interlingua without training. The first Interlingua dictionary appeared in 1951.

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