Neo (constructed language)

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Neo is a constructed language that developed in the 1930s and in 1961 and 1966 respectively by the Belgian Arturo Alfandari ( 1888-1969 ) in his books " Cours de practique Neo " (1961) and was introduced to " Rapid Method of Neo ".

The language in the tradition of Esperanto, Ido and Novial and is an Esper antide. The grammar in this book takes a only two pages and includes the entire set of rules that relates to the spelling and pronunciation, all parts of speech, syntax, time, education and vocabulary.

In the 1960s, the plan language was presented in Floyd and Evelyn Hardin's " International Language Review ", resulting in a friendship has developed between the editors and the inventor, who eventually found expression in the "Friends of Neo ' Association. For a few years it looked as if Neo a serious competition for Esperanto and Interlingua. But by the death Alfandaris she became almost completely forgotten.

Douglas S. Blacklock is an avid follower of this language and has many texts translated into Neo, including his own poems and parts of the Bible. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven " reads in Neo as follows: " Ixa lo spirtopovas, the zia lo cela royado. " Striking feature of this translation and characteristic feature of Neo is the brevity of expression. Neo -phrases are much shorter than their English and German counterparts in the rule.

Even proper names to be adapted in Neo, it is from Shakespeare from Hamlet's famous monologue Shexpir and " Si si o no, em lo qestyon ".

The loud, created in aesthetic point number system is as follows:

1 Well, you 2, 3 tre, qar 4, 5 qin, sit 6, 7 sep, 8 ot 9 non, is 10, 11 iSun, 12 ISDU, ..., 20 duis, 21 duisun, ..., 30 treis, 40 Qaris, ..., ek 100, 1000 mil, 5184 qinmil ek otisqar

Text Examples

The " Our Father " on Neo: