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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Lingua Franca Nova
|name=Lingua Franca Nova
|nativename=''lingua franca nova, лингуа франка нова''
|nativename=''lingua franca nova, лингуа франка нова''
|speakers= 603 on [[Facebook]]|ref=<ref name=facebook>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/2557990156/about/|title=Lingua Franca Nova|website=Facebook|language=en|access-date=2020-09-28}}</ref>
|speakers= 603 on Facebook<ref name=facebook>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/2557990156/about/|title=Lingua Franca Nova|website=Facebook|language=en|access-date=2020-09-28}}</ref>
|date=2020
|date=2020
|fam2=[[International auxiliary language]]
|familycolor= conlang
|creator=[[C. George Boeree]]
|fam1=[[Auxiliary language]]
|creator=[[w:C. George Boeree|C. George Boeree]]
|created=1965<ref name=beginning>{{cite web |url=https://elefen.org/vici/linguistica/la_evolui_de_elefen |title=La evolui de elefen |language=lfn |first=C. George |last=Boeree |access-date=2020-11-09 |website=Vici de Elefen}}</ref>
|created=1965<ref name=beginning>{{cite web |url=https://elefen.org/vici/linguistica/la_evolui_de_elefen |title=La evolui de elefen |language=lfn |first=C. George |last=Boeree |access-date=2020-11-09 |website=Vici de Elefen}}</ref>
|setting=[[International auxiliary language]]
|setting=[[Auxiliary language]]
|posteriori=based on [[Romance languages|Romance]] and [[Creole languages]]
|posteriori=based on [[w:Romance languages|Romance]] and [[w:Creole languages|Creole languages]]
|script=[[Latin script|Latin]]<br/>[[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]]
|script=[[w:Latin script|Latin]]<br/>[[w:Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]]
|agency=Asosia per Lingua Franca Nova (ALFN)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elefen.org/vici/usor/chabi/asosia |title=Asosia per Lingua Franca Nova |language=LFN |website=Vici de Elefen}}</ref>
|agency=Asosia per Lingua Franca Nova (ALFN)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elefen.org/vici/usor/chabi/asosia |title=Asosia per Lingua Franca Nova |language=LFN |website=Vici de Elefen}}</ref>
|iso3=lfn
|iso3=lfn
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'''Lingua Franca Nova''' (/ˈliŋɡwa ˈfraŋka ˈnɔva/) abbreviated as '''LFN''', and called '''elefen''' by many of its users<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elefen.org/faq.html|title=Frequently asked questions|first=C. George|last=Boeree|date=March 2014|access-date=2020-09-28|quote=[...] we decided to use the alternative name “Elefen” for the language. Many followers found “Lingua Franca Nova” cumbersome, and “LFN” boring. So, “Elefen” was born [...]}}</ref>) is an [[International auxiliary language|auxiliary]] [[constructed language]] originally created by [[C. George Boeree]] of [[Shippensburg University]], [[Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/pennsylvania_dialects.html|title=Pennsylvania's dialects are as varied as its downtowns -- and dahntahns|work=PennLive.com}}</ref> and further developed by many of its users. Its vocabulary is based on the [[Romance languages]] [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and [[Catalan language|Catalan]].
'''Lingua Franca Nova''' (/ˈliŋɡwa ˈfraŋka ˈnɔva/) abbreviated as '''LFN''', and called '''elefen''' by many of its users<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elefen.org/faq.html|title=Frequently asked questions|first=C. George|last=Boeree|date=March 2014|access-date=2020-09-28|quote=[...] we decided to use the alternative name “Elefen” for the language. Many followers found “Lingua Franca Nova” cumbersome, and “LFN” boring. So, “Elefen” was born [...]}}</ref>) is an [[auxiliary language]] originally created by [[w:C. George Boeree|C. George Boeree]] of Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/pennsylvania_dialects.html|title=Pennsylvania's dialects are as varied as its downtowns -- and dahntahns|work=PennLive.com}}</ref> and further developed by many of its users. Its vocabulary is based on the Romance languages French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan.


Lingua Franca Nova has [[Phonemic orthography|phonemic spelling]] based on 22 letters, and can be written by using either the [[Latin script|Latin]] or [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] scripts.
Lingua Franca Nova has phonemic spelling based on 22 letters, and can be written by using either the Latin or Cyrillic scripts.


The grammar of Lingua Franca Nova is inspired by the [[Romance languages|Romance]] [[creole languages]]. As most creole languages, Lingua Franca Nova has an extremely simplified grammatical system easy to learn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elefen.org/introdui/engles.html|title=Elefen - Introduction in English|website=elefen.org|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref><ref name="Fluffy Bunnies">{{cite web|url=http://www.richardsandesforsyth.net/docs/bunnies.pdf|title=In Praise of Fluffy Bunnies|first=Richard Sandes|last=Forsyth|year=2012|access-date=2020-09-28}}</ref>
The grammar of Lingua Franca Nova is inspired by the Romance creole languages. As most creole languages, Lingua Franca Nova has an extremely simplified grammatical system easy to learn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elefen.org/introdui/engles.html|title=Elefen - Introduction in English|website=elefen.org|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref><ref name="Fluffy Bunnies">{{cite web|url=http://www.richardsandesforsyth.net/docs/bunnies.pdf|title=In Praise of Fluffy Bunnies|first=Richard Sandes|last=Forsyth|year=2012|access-date=2020-09-28}}</ref>


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