auxiliary language

noun

a language, as Esperanto, Swahili, or English, used for intercommunication by speakers of various other languages.

First recorded in 1900–05

A twofold advantage will have been attained by the introduction of a universal auxiliary language .

It would be the same with the official recognition by a group of powerful nations of an auxiliary language.

It sins against the cardinal principle that an auxiliary language shall inflict no damage upon any natural one.

The universal ability to use an auxiliary language on occasion rounds off and completes the levelling process.

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