Lingua Franca Nova

Lingua Franca Nova
Lingua Franca Nova
lingua franca nova
Created by	C. George Boeree
Date	1998
Setting and usage	International auxiliary language
Purpose	International auxiliary language Lingua Franca Nova;
Writing system	Latin, (Cyrillic co-official until 2021)
Sources	based on Romance and Creole languages
Official status
Regulated by	Asosia per Lingua Franca Nova (ALFN)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lfn
Linguist List	lfn
Glottolog	ling1267
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Lingua Franca Nova (pronounced [ˈliŋgwa ˈfraŋka ˈnova]), abbreviated as LFN and known colloquially as Elefen,^[3] is a constructed international auxiliary language originally created by C. George Boeree of Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania,^[4] and further developed by many of its users. Its vocabulary is based primarily on the Romance languages, namely French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan. Lingua Franca Nova has phonemic spelling based on 22 letters from the Latin script (a Cyrillic script was co-official until 2021).^[5]

The grammar of Lingua Franca Nova is inspired by the Romance creole languages. As most creole languages, Lingua Franca Nova has an extremely simplified grammatical system that is easy to learn.^[6]^[7]

^ Boeree, C. George. "La evolui de elefen". Vici de Elefen (in Lingua Franca Nova). Retrieved 2020-11-09.
^ "Asosia per Lingua Franca Nova". Vici de Elefen (in Lingua Franca Nova).
^ Boeree, C. George (March 2014). "Frequently asked questions". [...] we decided to use the alternative name "Elefen" for the language. Many followers found "Lingua Franca Nova" cumbersome, and "LFN" boring. So, "Elefen" was born [...]
^ "Pennsylvania's dialects are as varied as its downtowns -- and dahntahns". PennLive.com. 29 November 2011.
^ "Frequently asked questions". elefen.org. July 2021.
^ "Elefen - Introduction in English". elefen.org. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
^ Forsyth, Richard Sandes (2012). "In Praise of Fluffy Bunnies" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-09-28.

[beginning-1] Boeree, C. George. "La evolui de elefen". Vici de Elefen (in Lingua Franca Nova). Retrieved 2020-11-09.

[2] "Asosia per Lingua Franca Nova". Vici de Elefen (in Lingua Franca Nova).

[3] Boeree, C. George (March 2014). "Frequently asked questions". [...] we decided to use the alternative name "Elefen" for the language. Many followers found "Lingua Franca Nova" cumbersome, and "LFN" boring. So, "Elefen" was born [...]

[4] "Pennsylvania's dialects are as varied as its downtowns -- and dahntahns". PennLive.com. 29 November 2011.

[5] "Frequently asked questions". elefen.org. July 2021.

[6] "Elefen - Introduction in English". elefen.org. Retrieved 2018-05-29.

[Fluffy_Bunnies-7] Forsyth, Richard Sandes (2012). "In Praise of Fluffy Bunnies" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-09-28.

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Lingua Franca Nova
lingua franca nova

Created by	C. George Boeree
Date	1998^[1]
Setting and usage	International auxiliary language
Purpose	International auxiliary language Lingua Franca Nova
Writing system	Latin, (Cyrillic co-official until 2021)
Sources	based on Romance and Creole languages
Official status
Regulated by	Asosia per Lingua Franca Nova (ALFN)^[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lfn`
Linguist List	`lfn`
Glottolog	`ling1267`
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.