auxiliary language

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auxiliary language

noun auxiliary languages

  1. 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.
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of international auxiliary language
  3. A local minority language which has official recognition.
  4. A liturgical language, such as Latin, Sanskrit, or Old Church Slavonic, used in religious services.

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noun auxiliary language

Españollengua auxiliar, auxilengua
中文輔助語 /辅助语 fǔzhùyǔ
Portuguêslíngua auxiliar
Françaislangue auxiliaire
DeutschHilfssprache
Italianolingua ausiliaria
Românălimbă auxiliară
Русскийвспомога́тельный язы́к vspomogátelʹnyj jazýk

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@misc{auxiliary_language_2026,
  title = {auxiliary language},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/auxiliary%20language},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}