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Novial is an international auxiliary language (IAL) created by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1928. It was designed to facilitate communication between speakers of different native languages. The name of the language is a blend of the Novial word novi (meaning 'new") and IAL.

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Novial is an artificial language invented by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1928 to help people from different countries communicate with each other more easily. It represents one of several attempts to create a universal language that could bridge the gap between speakers of different native tongues.

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Key facts

Language.name: Novial
Language.image: Flag of Novial.svgborder
Language.imagescale: 0.7
Language.creator: Otto Jespersen
Language.created: 1928
Language.setting: International auxiliary language
Language.fam2: International auxiliary language
Language.posteriori: Romance and Germanic languages; also Interlingue and Ido
Language.iso3: nov
Language.linglist: nov
Language.lingua: 51-AAB-dc
Language.glotto: novi1234

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Image: Flag of Novial.svg

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described at URL: database.conlang.org/view/?conlang=432
Wikimedia language code: nov
native label: Novial
inception: 1928-00-00
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-230473547
Commons category: Novial
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 20

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Contents

Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Stress
Orthography
Grammar
Personal pronouns
Verbs
Articles
Nouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Vocabulary
Affixes
Novial compared to Esperanto and Ido
Language sample for comparison
Criticism
See also
Notes
References
External links

Jespersen had been an early supporter of another international auxiliary language, Ido, a reformed version of Esperanto, before leaving to create his own language in 1928.