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LingoBear creates short Interlingua passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Naturalistic international auxiliary language published by IALA in 1951, vocabulary distilled from Romance, English, German and Russian, readable on sight to most Romance speakers.

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What is Interlingua and how was it created?

Interlingua is a naturalistic international auxiliary language published in 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA), led by linguist Alexander Gode. Unlike Esperanto's invented roots, Interlingua's vocabulary is distilled from words shared by English, French, Italian, Spanish/Portuguese, German and Russian — meaning Romance and English speakers can usually read it without prior study.

What grammar features does Interlingua have?

Interlingua's grammar is deliberately minimal: no grammatical gender, no noun cases, no verb agreement with subjects (io es, tu es, ille es — 'I am, you are, he is'). Plurals add -s or -es. Articles are le (the) and un (a/an). Word order is largely SVO. The language was used in international scientific journals through the 1960s–80s, and is still maintained by the Union Mundial pro Interlingua.