Eurolengo
From Langmaker
| Conlang | Eurolengo |
| Author | Leslie Jones |
| Year Began | 1972 |
| Language Type | international auxiliary language |
| Lexicon Size | 1800 |
| Etymologies | No |
| Grammar | No |
| Sample Texts | No |
| Primer | No |
Eurolengo is an international language and was created by Leslie Jones.
Uniqueness
Paul Bartlett writes:
- There are only 7 pages of introductory material, which outline the author's purpose, phonology (nothing startling) and spelling, grammar, and miscellaneous matter (numbers, calendar, etc.), followed by 60 pages of lessons in Eurolengo and English on facing pages, 15 pages of words and phrases in common usage together with prepositions, conjunctions, primary adverbs, and the like, and two vocabularies. The Eurolengo-English vocabulary appears to have about 1800 entries.
- Eurolengo, as one might expect from the name, is a sort of Euroclone, another Anglo-Romance hybrid. The author says that the primary languages are English and Spanish, as these are the two most widely spoken (world-wide) west European languages. He also used the other Romance and Germanic languages to some extent.
- In many ways, Eurolengo reminded me of Phil Hunt's Eurolang (and more than just in similarity of name). Although Eurolengo did not seem to have Eurolang's word-building affixes, its verb system was a little more extensive than the latter's. I found that after glancing at the pronoun table and the verb endings list, I could more or less read texts without too much difficulty, which, of course, was probably the author's intention.
- Eurolengo seemed to me to be a modest but sincere attempt to provide a common west European auxlang. I don't know whether it went anywhere after the publication of the initial book, as often happens with one-man projects.
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- Eurolengo does use an acute accent over some vowels solely for the purpose of marking stress, not vowel quality. This is a little curious in practice, since the monosyllabic particle 'ke' is often marked. Why a monosyllable is marked for stress I don't know, but I have reproduced the accents in this sample. (I apologise for not having copied off the pronunciation guide, but the author gave a whole list of "difficult" sounds from various European languages he had eliminated.)
Sample text
Leson die'snyn AJENSIE DE VOYAJE Die'snynde leson Aur no parlara de visitar in autland. If it istara voster primer visit in autland, it istara saje irar a un ajent de voyages and areglar voster voyaje and voster akomodasion per lo. Vos nesesitara savar in avanse voster date de depart, vo vos desara visitar and quand vos returnara. El ofrara vos un opsion de voyajar per air, per mar and per tren or per bus, akordant a voster gusto. El fixara also un hotal de kelquero klas o un pension, akordant a le monie ke' vos kano afordar. Jeneralik, el donara vos un inklusive prys for voster voyaje and voster akomodasion, so dat, in un pok de dags, vos kano ira a loz ofis para kolektar voster tikets. Komo le wurld deveno petiter and mucher persons deso voyajar in autland, dar isto mucher demand for reservasions, espesialik in le popular monds de mai a september inklusive; it isto saje ferar fru voster plans. If vos habo un karavan o un tent, it isto nesesarie solik reservar voster kros-kanal pasaje for le depart and return, perkause dar isto so mucho bie'n equipado kamping plases. If vos isto unlukos and vos findo ke' le kamping plas ke' vos habo selektado ist= o ful, vos kano pasar un nakt in un feld o a le kote de le rute. Apre' al, vos isto komo un eskargo, kon voster home on le dos and vos habo bast manjar and trinkar in voster karavan o tent. If vos isto un experter voyajor, vos ferara sel le areglements, menos posabelik le mar-krosants.
'Lesson nineteen TRAVEL AGENCY Nineteenth lesson Now we will talk about visiting a foreign country. If it will be your first visit abroad, it will be wise to go to a travel agent and arrange your journey and your accommodation through him. You will need to know in advance your date of departure, where you will wish to visit and when you will return. He will offer you a choice of traveling by air, by sea and by train or by bus, according to your taste. He will fix a hotel of whatever class or a pension according to the money you can afford. Generally, he will give you an inclusive price for your journey and your accommodation, so that, in a few days, you can go to his office to collect your tickets. As the world becomes smaller and more people wish to travel abroad, there is more demand for reservations, especially in the popular months from May to September inclusive; it is wise to make your plans early. If you have a caravan or a tent, it is only necessary to book your cross channel passage for the departure and the return, because there are so many well equipped camping sites. If you are unlucky and you find that the camping site you have selected is full, you can spend a night in a field or at the side of the road. After all, you are like a snail with you[r] home on your back and you have enough to eat and drink in your caravan or tent. If you are a more experienced traveler, you will make the arrangements yourself, except perhaps the sea crossings.
