Mundolinco

Short description: Language created in 1888 by a Dutch author

Mundolinco
Created by	J. Braakman
Date	1888
Setting and usage	International auxiliary language
Purpose	Constructed language International auxiliary language Esperanto Mundolinco
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None
IETF	art-x-mundolin

Mundolinco is a constructed language created by the Dutch author J. Braakman in 1888. It is notable for apparently being the first Esperantido, i.e. the first Esperanto derivative.

Major changes from Esperanto include combining the adjective and adverb with the grammatical ending -e (whereas Esperanto uses -a for adjectives and -e for adverbs), changes to the verb conjugations, an increase in the number of Latin roots, and new affixes such as the superlative suffix -osim- where Esperanto uses the particle plej. It seems there was no accusative or adjectival agreement.

Numerals 1–10: un, du, tres, cvarto, cvinto, siso, septo, octo, nono, desem.

Writing System

There are no diacritics in the alphabet.

Majuscule forms (also called uppercase or capital letters)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

Minuscule forms (also called lowercase or small letters)

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

l

m

n

o

p

r

s

t

u

v

IPA value

[a~ɑ]

[b]

[k]

[d]

[e~ɛ]

[f]

[ɡ]

[h]

[i]

[j]

[l]

[m]

[n/ŋ]

[o~ɔ]

[p]

[r]

[s]

[t]

[u/w]

[v]

Example

• Mundolinco:

Digne Amiso! Hodie mi factos conesso con el nove universe linco del sinjoro Braakman. Mi perstudies ho linco presimente en cvinto hori ! … Ce ho linco essos el fasilosime del mundo…

• Esperanto:

Digna Amiko! Hodiaŭ mi ekkonis la novan universalan lingvon de sinjoro Braakman. Mi pristudis tiun lingvon rapide en kvin horoj! … Ĉi tiu lingvo estas la plej facila de la mondo…

• English:

Dignified friend! Today I became aware of the new universal language of Mr Braakman. I studied that language rapidly over five hours! … This language is the easiest in the world…

References

• Braakmann, J. System voor eene internationale Reis- of Handelstaal: onder der naam van El Mundolinco, Dat is Wereldtaal. 2nd edition. Noordwijk, J.C. van Dillen, 1894.