Guosa
Sign in to saveGuosa is a constructed interlanguage originally created by Alex Igbineweka in 1965. It was designed to be a combination of the indigenous languages of Nigeria and to serve as a lingua franca to West Africa.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Guosa is referenced by 158 other articles, and connects out to constructed language, Hausa and Igbo.
It is catalogued under topics including 1965 introductions, Constructed languages and Constructed languages introduced in the 1960s.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Guosa
- Language.nativename
- Guosa
- Language.fam1
- constructed language
- Language.fam2
- international auxiliary language
- Language.creator
- Alex Igbineweka
- Language.created
- 1965
- Language.setting
- intended for use in West Africa
- Language.posteriori
- a posteriori language, derived primarily from Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo.
- Language.iso2
- none
- Language.iso3
- qgs
- Language.iso3comment
- (local use)
- Language.ietf
- art-x-guosa (local use)
- Language.notice
- IPA
- Language.glotto
- none
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- constructed language
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- inception
- 1965-00-00
- writing system
- Latin script
- described at URL
- inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/index.php?page=languages&id=458
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Linguistic Properties
- Source Languages
- Phonology
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Tone
- Elision
- Phonotactics
- Orthography
- Grammar
- Pronouns
- Descriptors
- Verbs
- Prepositions
- Numerals
- Word formation
- Examples
- Usage
- Criticism
- References
- External links
Guosa is a constructed interlanguage originally created by Alex Igbineweka in 1965. It was designed to be a combination of the indigenous languages of Nigeria and to serve as a lingua franca to West Africa.
== Linguistic Properties == === Source Languages ===
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.