Lingua Franca Nova

Lingua Franca Nova (LFN)
Project author	C. George Boeree
Year of publication	1998
speaker	> 100
Linguistic ; classification	Constructed language Planned language World auxiliary language; ; Lingua Franca Nova ;
particularities	The grammar is heavily based on Creole languages .
Language codes
ISO 639 -1	-
ISO 639 -2	art
ISO 639-3	lfn

Lingua Franca Nova ( LFN ) is a planned language developed by C. George Boeree . The starting point and inspiration was the pidgin language Lingua Franca , a trade and lingua franca , which in the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean was spreading.

Voice portrait

The main design principles are: phonemic notation, aesthetics, harmony, simple and logical grammar.

Lingua Franca Nova is placed between Esperanto (simple grammar) and Interlingua (according to the so-called "naturalists" natural vocabulary). The result should be naturalness compared to Esperanto and regularity compared to Interlingua.

Phonemic

LFN is notated phonemically without exception, following the principle a letter, a sound .

The alphabet uses 21 letters of the Latin alphabet , alternatively LFN can be written with the Cyrillic alphabet .

LFN	a	b	c (k)	d	e	f	G	i	j	l	m	n	O	p	r	s	t	u	v	x	z
Cyrillic alphabet	a	б	к	д	e	ф	г	и	ж	л	м	н	O	п	p	c	т	у	в	ш	з
IPA	[ɑ]	[b]	[k]	[d]	[e]	[f]	[ɡ]	[i]	[ʒ]	[l]	[m]	[n]	[O]	[p]	[r]	[s]	[t]	[u]	[v]	[ʃ]	[z]

vocabulary

LFN is lexically based on five Romance languages : French , Italian , Portuguese , Spanish and Catalan . Catalan is only consulted in cases where the major Romance languages differ greatly in vocabulary.

grammar

The grammar is based on the grammar of the Creole languages :

Tenses are expressed by particles , numerous auxiliary verbs are used.
There are no gender-specific articles or personal pronouns.
A verb can be used as a noun as it is. An adjective can also be used as a noun. The adverbs and adjectives are identical.
The word order is restrictive.

Text example

Flag of Lingua Franca Nova

Example sentences

Bon dia. - Good day.
Alo. - Hello.
Como it do? - How are you?
Bon, e do? - Fine, and you?
No times. - Not bad.
Ce es tu nom? - What's your / your name?
Me nom es Maria. - My name is Maria.
Tu gusta un tas de cafe? - Would you like / would you like a cup of coffee?
Si, per favore. - Yes, please.
Grasias! - Thank you!
Per no cosa. - Never mind.
Joia! - Cheers!
Do it vera bela. - You're really pretty.
Pardona? - Sorry?
Me ama tu. - I love you.
Me debe vade aora. - I have to go now.
Asta la ora? - See you later?
Adio. - Goodbye.
Bon sera. - Good night.
Bon fortuna. - Good luck.

**Lingua Franca Nova** ( audio )
Lingua Franca Nova es desiniada per es un lingua vera simple, coerente, e fasil aprendeda, per comunica internasional. El ave varios cualia bon:	Lingua Franca Nova was designed as a consistent and simple language for international understanding. It is easy to learn and has several advantages:
El ave un numero limitada de fonemes. El sona simila a italian o espaniol.	It has a limited number of sounds (phonemes). It sounds similar to Italian or Spanish.
El es scriveda como el sona. No enfante deve pasa multe anios studia nonregulas.	It is written phonetically. Children no longer have to spend years learning about irregularities.
El ave un gramatica vera simple e regula. El es min complicada en esta caso como engles o indonesian.	It has a completely regular grammar. It is less complicated than English or Indonesian in this regard.
El ave un grupo limitada e tota regula de afises produinte per crea parolas nova.	It has a limited and completely regular set of productive derivative syllables (affixes) for word formation.
El ave regulas de la ordina de parolas bon definada, como multe linguas major.	It has well-defined rules for word order, as can be found in many larger languages.
El ave un lista de parolas fundada en la linguas roman modern. Esta linguas es comun e influensente, e ia contribui la parte major de parolas engles.	She has a basic vocabulary based on the modern Romance languages. These languages are widely spoken and influential in their own right, and in addition, they made up most of the English vocabulary.
El es desiniada per es asetante natural de parolas tecnical de latina e elenica, la “norma de mundo” per fato.	It was designed to naturally incorporate Latin and Greek neologisms, the de facto "world standard".
El es desiniada per aperi plus parte “natural” per los ci comprende la linguas roman, ma no min fasil per otras.	It is designed to appear relatively "natural" to those familiar with Romance languages without being in any way harder for others to learn.

Frans Cafca: Revenir a casa

Franz Kafka: Homecoming

Me ia reveni, me ia pasea tra coredor e regarda a sirca me. Lo es la cultiveria vea de me padre. Con la acueta en media. Vea, no usable aparatos, poneda en se, bloci la via a scala de fondo.

La gato senta estpeteda supra rel de scala. Un telon aserada, un vice envolveda sirca bara, leva se en venta. Me it arivante. Ci va reseta me? Ci espeta pos la porta de la cosina? Fuma veni de ximine, cafe per come de sera es coceda. Es ce tu sense a casa? Me no sabe, me es vera nonsecura. Si esta es le casa de me padre, ma peso sta prosima peso fria, ce cada es ocupa con se cosas, cual me parte ia oblida, parte ia conose a no tempo. Come me pote servi a los, ce me es per los, ance me es la fio de me padre, la fermor vea..E me no osa toca a la porta de cosina, sola escuta stante da distantia, no esta modo, ce me pote surpresada como escutor. E per ce me escuta stante da distantia, me escuta no cosa, me sola escuta orolojo colpa cuieta o me posable creda escuta lor de dias de enfantia. Ce ocure otra en la cosina, es la secreta de la sentados ala, ce los asconde de me. Plu longa tu retarda ante la porta, plu stranje deveni tu. Como poto es, ce esta ora alga person abri la porta e vole demanda me alga. Pote me no ance alga persona ci vole aconde el secreta!

I returned, I stepped down the hall and looked around. It's my father's old farm. The puddle in the middle. Old, unusable device, interlocking, blocking the way to the attic stairs.

The cat is lurking on the railing. A torn cloth, wound around a pole once in a game, lifts in the wind. I arrived. Who will receive me? Who is waiting behind the kitchen door? Smoke comes from the chimney, the coffee for dinner is brewed. Is secret to you, do you feel at home? I don't know, I am very insecure. It is my father's house, but it is cold, piece by piece, as if each were busy with their own business, some of which I have forgotten, some of which I never knew. What use can I do to them, what am I to them and what am I also to their father, the son of the old farmer? And I don't dare knock on the kitchen door, I only listen from a distance, only from a distance do I listen while standing, not in a way that might surprise me as a listener. And because I listen from afar, I hear nothing, I only hear a slight chiming of the clock, or perhaps just think I hear it, from my childhood days. What else happens in the kitchen is the secret of those sitting there that they keep from me. The longer you hesitate in front of the door, the more strange you become. How about if someone opened the door and asked me something. If then I would not be like someone who wants to keep his secret!

Distribution / number of speakers

The language has a Facebook group with over 500 members. There are no other sources or figures on the number of speakers for the Lingua Franca Nova.

Web links

Wikipedia on Lingua Franca Nova

Wikibooks: Lingua Franca Nova - learning and teaching materials (English)

Individual evidence

[1] sil.org (PDF)

[2] sil.org

[3] Lingua Franca Nova on Facebook