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Glosa - Conlang Profile   Advanced
Language NameGlosa
Language AuthorWendy Ashby and Ross Clark
Year Began1981
SiteGlosa
Broken LinkNo
Site LanguageEnglish
Site AuthorApproximately 5000 words are listed in the Glosa Internet Dictionary, with a core vocabulary of 1000 words..
Language Typeinternational auxiliary language
EditorialHogben published a draft form of the language, which he called Interglossa, in 1943, with Ashby and Clark preparing a modified version, called Glosa, in 1981. The language is generally criticized by constructed language enthusiasts, because it has basically not specified a grammar, relying instead upon English grammar. The vocabulary is Classical (Greek and Latin) and contains about a thousand words.
QuotationMi pote qe kompar tu ad estiva di?
TranslationShall I compare thee to a summer's day?
DictionaryYes
EtymologiesNo
GrammarYes
Sample TextsYes
Unique ScriptNo
PrimerNo
Babel TextNo
Lexicon Size5,000
Submitted ByNA
Updated ByWalter Green
Date EditedTuesday, April 08, 2003
Description Of UpdateUpdated lexicon size.
Date To HeadlineTuesday, April 08, 2003

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