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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 | |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 | ||
| | |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=[[ | |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 [[ | '''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 | 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 | 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> | ||
== History == | == History == |