Lincos - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name Lincos Language Author Dr. Hans Freudenthal Year Began 1960 Site Lincos Broken Link No Site Language English Language Type miscellaneous Uniqueness "'Lincos' is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase 'Lingua cosmica'. Its intended purpose is to enable us humans to communicate with other intelligent beings that may live somewhere in space, on a faraway planet." - Bruno Bassi Design Principles "Lincos proper ('spoken Lincos') will be broadcast in space, its 'phonemes' being radio signals of different duration and wavelength. For us humans though it is obviously convenient to work on a written version of it. This written Lincos will use symbols already familiar to us, corresponding to Lincos words in an arbitrary fashion." - Bruno Bassi Dictionary No Etymologies No Grammar No Sample Texts Yes Unique Script No Primer No Babel Text No Submitted By Jeffrey Henning Date Submitted Tuesday, March 11, 2003 Date Edited Monday, February 09, 2004 Description Of Update Changed language classification to "miscellaneous". It's an interstellar auxiliary language. Date To Headline Tuesday, March 11, 2003 < LINC  Lincos  Linear A/Minoan >
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