Lingua Franca Nova

See also: lingua franca nova

English

Etymology

Coined by Dr. C. George Boeree, the inventor of the language.

Proper noun

Lingua Franca Nova

1. A constructed language created by C. George Boeree based on French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan using either Latin or Cyrillic alphabets with grammar based on that of Romance Creoles.

Synonyms

• (informal) Elefen
• LFN

Translations

constructed language

• Arabic: لينجوا فرانكا نوفا
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新通用语 (xīn tōngyòng yǔ)

• Esperanto: Nova Lingvafrankao, Elefeno
• French: lingua franca nova (fr) m
• German: Lingua Franca Nova f, Elefen n
• Japanese: リングア・フランカ・ノバ (Ringua Furanka Noba), エレフェン (Erefen), エレフェン語 (Erefen-go)
• Korean: 링구아프랑카노바 (ringguapeurangkanoba)
• Marathi: लिंग्वा फ्रांका नोव्हा (liṅgvā phrāṅkā novhā)
• Russian: лингва франка нова (lingva franka nova), элэфэн (elɛfɛn)
• Spanish: lingua franca nova f, elefen m

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lingua Franca Nova terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code lfn (SIL)