Lingua franca nova lfn is an auxiliary constructed language created by dr c george boeree of shippensburg university, pennsylvania. This dictionary is a computergenerated index to the english words and phrases listed in the master. When i or u precedes another vowel, it is reduced to a semivowel like the english y or w in the following cases. George boeree of shippensburg university, pennsylvania. If this is lingua franca nova, what was the original lingua franca. Concepts, use, and implications article pdf available in elt journal 661. The grammar is highly reduced and similar to the romance creoles, and is easily learned. Its always nice to have a dictionary available as a pdf because it makes the language look that much more professional, which is important for. This page was last edited on 27 september 2019, at 09. It has been a few years since i last commented on the progress of our lfn project. Fillable online bcgt english lingua franca nova dictionary bcgt. Help us in creating the largest english lingua franca nova dictionary online. Today when we find a language which is commonly used by people whose native languages are different, we describe it as a lingua franca. A lingua franca pronounced lingwa franka is a language or mixture of languages used as a medium of communication by people whose native languages are different.
Lingua franca nova lfn is an auxiliary constructed language created by dr c george boeree of. Lingua franca nova abbreviated as lfn or elefen is a constructed language originally created by c. En engles, franses, espaniol, deutx, portuges, catalan, rusce, e japanes nion. The project english as an academic lingua franca elfa based at the university of helsinki investigates academic discourses, branching out into two parts. There is also an established online dictionary project for elefen at, as well as a body of elefen words defined in the english wiktionary. Requests for new languageswikipedia lingua franca nova meta. English lingua franca nova dictionary 4 february 2012 1 introduction. Lingua franca nova english dictionary now available as pdf. Lingua franca nova is a constructed language originally created by c. A subreddit for the international auxiliary language lingua franca nova press j to jump to the feed.
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Its vocabulary is based on the romance languages french, italian, portuguese, spanish, and catalan. Backgammon ek rakam ke board pe khele waala game hae jiske dui jane khele hae duusra websites. Lingua franca nova wiki stats as of december 24 2007. Lingua francas of the world 661 the use of this particular form of french eventually died out, but not before having left its own name as its heritage for languages which are used in a similar fashion. It makes our dictionary english lingua franca nova real, as it is created by native speakers people, that uses language for every day. Lingua franca nova es auxiliari konstrukteti lingue kreat da dr. Lfnenglish dictionary at which can also be downloaded in pdf. Lingua franca nova wikibooks, open books for an open world. Lu es basat sur fransum, italianum, portugalum, spanum, e katalanum. On april 18 the same year, wikipedia in lfn was officially launched as a regular wikipedia project. Lingua franca nova ordinarim bli abrevia kom lfn e on anke ha refera a lu kom europijin e creol lingua franca nova wikipedia. Pdf english as a lingua franca in academia researchgate. Glosbe is a collaborative project and every one can add and remove translations.