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'''aUI''' ({{IPA-all|aui}}) is a [[Philosophical language|philosophical]], [[A priori language|a priori]] language created in the 1950s by W. John Weilgart, Ph.D. (March 9, 1913– January 26, 1981; born Johann Wolfgang Weixlgärtner,<ref name="Dr. Weilgart's Story">{{cite web |title=Dr. Weilgart's Story |url=https://auilanguage.org/dr-weilgart/ |website=aUI - the language of space |publisher=Cosmic Communication Foundation |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref> and also known as John W. Weilgart<ref name="Weilgart-LOS">{{cite book|last=Weilgart|first=John W.|title=aUI, The Language of Space|year=1979|publisher=Cosmic Communication Co.|location=Decorah, Iowa|isbn=978-0-912038-08-7}}</ref>) a philosopher and psychoanalyst originally from Vienna, Austria.  He described it as "the Language of Space", connoting universal communication, and published the fourth edition of the textbook in 1979;<ref name="Weilgart-LOS" /> a philosophic description of each semantic element of the language was published in 1975.<ref name="Weilgart-CEOM">{{cite book|title=Cosmic Elements of Meaning: Symbols of the Spirit's Life|last=Weilgart|first=John W.|publisher=Cosmic Communication Co.|year=1975|location=Decorah, Iowa}}</ref>
'''aUI''' ({{IPA-all|aui}}) is a [[Philosophical language|philosophical]], [[A priori language|a priori]] language created in the 1950s by W. John Weilgart, Ph.D. (March 9, 1913– January 26, 1981; born Johann Wolfgang Weixlgärtner,<ref name="Dr. Weilgart's Story">{{cite web |title=Dr. Weilgart's Story |url=https://auilanguage.org/dr-weilgart/ |website=aUI - the language of space |publisher=Cosmic Communication Foundation |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref> and also known as W. John Weilgart<ref name="Weilgart-LOS">{{cite book|last=Weilgart|first=John W.|title=aUI, The Language of Space|year=1979|publisher=Cosmic Communication Co.|location=Decorah, Iowa|isbn=978-0-912038-08-7}}</ref>) a philosopher and psychoanalyst originally from Vienna, Austria.  He described it as "the Language of Space", connoting universal communication, and published the fourth edition of the textbook in 1979;<ref name="Weilgart-LOS" /> a philosophic description of each semantic element of the language was published in 1975.<ref name="Weilgart-CEOM">{{cite book|title=Cosmic Elements of Meaning: Symbols of the Spirit's Life|last=Weilgart|first=John W.|publisher=Cosmic Communication Co.|year=1975|location=Decorah, Iowa}}</ref>


As an effort toward world 'peace through understanding', it was Weilgart's goal to clarify and simplify communication. Ultimately it was his experiment in facilitating conscious thinking in that it is built from a proposed set of primitive, possibly universal elements that are designed to reflect a motivated, mnemonic relationship between symbol, sound, and meaning. In his psychotherapy work, he sometimes used client created aUI formulations to reveal possible subconscious associations to problematic concepts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reykr.livejournal.com/249204.html|title=Another Birthday Yesterday: Dr. John W. Weilgart|author=reykr|date=10 March 2006|work=LIVE JOURNAL|publisher=LiveJournal, Inc.|access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref> aUI can also be considered an experiment in applied cognitive lexical semantics, and Weilgart claimed it could serve as an [[auxiliary language|auxiliary language]].
As an effort toward world 'peace through understanding', it was Weilgart's goal to clarify and simplify communication. Ultimately it was his experiment in facilitating conscious thinking in that it is built from a proposed set of primitive, possibly universal elements that are designed to reflect a motivated, mnemonic relationship between symbol, sound, and meaning. In his psychotherapy work, he sometimes used client created aUI formulations to reveal possible subconscious associations to problematic concepts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reykr.livejournal.com/249204.html|title=Another Birthday Yesterday: Dr. John W. Weilgart|author=reykr|date=10 March 2006|work=LIVE JOURNAL|publisher=LiveJournal, Inc.|access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref> aUI can also be considered an experiment in applied cognitive lexical semantics, and Weilgart claimed it could serve as an [[auxiliary language|auxiliary language]].
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! IPA
! IPA
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|Space || a||{{IPA|/a/}}
|SPACE || a||{{IPA|/a/}}
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|Movement||e||{{IPA|/ɛ/}}
|MOVEMENT||e||{{IPA|/e/}}
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|Light||i||{{IPA|/ɪ/}}
|LIGHT||i||{{IPA|/ɪ/ or /i/}}
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|Life||o||{{IPA|/ɔ/}}
|LIFE||o||{{IPA|/o/}}
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|Human||u||{{IPA|/ʊ/}}
|HUMAN||u||{{IPA|/u/}}
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|Time||A||{{IPA|/ä/}}
|TIME||A||{{IPA|/a:/}}
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|Matter||E||{{IPA|/e/}}
|MATTER||E||{{IPA|/e:/}}
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|Sound||I||{{IPA|/i/}}
|SOUND||I||{{IPA|/i:/}}
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|Feeling||O||{{IPA|/o/}}
|FEELING||O||{{IPA|/o:/}}
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|Spirit/Mind||U||{{IPA|/u/}}
|SPIRIT/MIND||U||{{IPA|/u:/}}
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|Condition||Q||{{IPA|/œ/}}
|CONDITION||Q||{{IPA|/œ/ or /ø:/}}
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|Negation||Y||{{IPA|/y/}}
|NEGATION||Y||{{IPA|/y/ preceding consonants; /j/ preceding vowels}}
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|Together||b||{{IPA|/b/}}
|TOGETHER||b||{{IPA|/b/}}
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|Existence||c||{{IPA|/ʃ/}}
|EXISTENCE||c||{{IPA|/ʃ/}}
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|Through||d||{{IPA|/d/}}
|THROUGH||d||{{IPA|/d/}}
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|This||f||{{IPA|/f/}}
|THIS||f||{{IPA|/f/}}
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|Inside||g||{{IPA|/ɡ/}}
|INSIDE||g||{{IPA|/ɡ/}}
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|Question||h||{{IPA|/h/}}
|QUESTION||h||{{IPA|/h/}}
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|Equal||j||{{IPA|/ʒ/}}
|EQUAL||j||{{IPA|/ʒ/}}
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|Above||k||{{IPA|/k/}}
|ABOVE||k||{{IPA|/k/}}


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|Around||l||{{IPA|/l/}}
|AROUND||L||{{IPA|/l/}}


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|Quality||m||{{IPA|/m/}}
|QUALITY||m||{{IPA|/m/}}


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|Quantity||n||{{IPA|/n/}}
|QUANTITY||n||{{IPA|/n/}}


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|Before||p||{{IPA|/p/}}
|BEFORE||p||{{IPA|/p/}}


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|Positive||r||{{IPA|/ʀ/}}
|POSITIVE||r||{{IPA|/ʀ/ or /r/}}


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|Thing||s||{{IPA|/s/}}
|THING||s||{{IPA|/s/}}


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|Towards||t||{{IPA|/t/}}
|TOWARDS||t||{{IPA|/t/}}


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|Active||v||{{IPA|/v/}}
|ACTIVE||v||{{IPA|/v/}}


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|Power||w||{{IPA|/w/}}
|POWER||w||{{IPA|/w/}}


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|Relation||x||{{IPA|/x/}}
|RELATION||x||{{IPA|/x/}}
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|Part||z||{{IPA|/z/}}
|PART||z||{{IPA|/z/}}
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! 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10
! 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10
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|{{angbr|y*}}||{{angbr|a*}}||{{angbr|e*}}||{{angbr|i*}}||{{angbr|u*}}||{{angbr|o*}}||{{angbr|A*}}||{{angbr|E*}}||{{angbr|I*}}||{{angbr|U*}}||{{angbr|O*}}
|{{angbr|Ŷ}}||{{angbr|â}}||{{angbr|ê}}||{{angbr|î}}||{{angbr|û}}||{{angbr|ô}}||{{angbr|Â}}||{{angbr|Ê}}||{{angbr|Î}}||{{angbr|Û}}||{{angbr|Ô}}
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The phoneme {{IPA|/b/}}, for instance, meaning "together", is a bilabial stop, pronounced with the lips pressed together. "Light" is pronounced with a short {{IPA|/ɪ/}}, as the brightest, highest-frequency sound, while "sound", is pronounced with a longer {{IPA|/iː/}}, as sound travels slower than light.
The phoneme {{IPA|/b/}}, for instance, meaning "Together", is a bilabial stop, pronounced with the lips pressed together. "Light" is pronounced with a short {{IPA|/ɪ/}}, as the brightest, highest-frequency sound, while "Sound", is pronounced with a longer {{IPA|/iː/}}, as sound travels more slowly than light.


Each phoneme also has an ideographic glyph or symbol that represents its meaning. The symbol for "human", {{IPA|/u/}} is depicted by the two legs or arms of the human being, also suggesting his dichotomous nature. The "human" may be fulfilled by the whole triangular trinity of "spirit", a 'deep, mysterious' {{IPA|/uː/}}, (there are many possible trinities found in philosophy and religion). "Life", {{IPA|/o/}}, represented by the shape of a leaf, is photosynthesis forming the basis of life on Earth. "Feeling", {{IPA|/oː/}} is a heart shape, blood pressure and pulse reflecting various feelings, and "action", a 'vibrant' {{IPA|/v/}}, is represented by a lightning bolt, the most active phenomenon in nature.
Each phoneme also has an ideographic glyph or symbol that represents its meaning. The symbol for "Human", {{IPA|/u/}} is depicted by the two legs or arms of the human being, also suggesting our dichotomous nature. The "human" may be fulfilled by the whole triangular trinity of "Spirit", a 'deep, mysterious' {{IPA|/uː/}}, (there are many possible trinities found in philosophy and religion). "Life", {{IPA|/o/}}, represented by the shape of a leaf, is photosynthesis forming the basis of life on Earth. "Feeling", {{IPA|/oː/}} is a heart shape, blood pressure and pulse reflecting various feelings, and "action", a 'vibrant' {{IPA|/v/}}, is represented by a lightning bolt, the most active phenomenon in nature.


;Example
;Example
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|io
|io
|Light-Life
|Light-Life
|{{IPA|/ɪɔ/}}
|{{IPA|/ɪo/}}
|plant
|plant
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|iO
|iO
|Light-Feeling/Sensation
|Light-Feeling/Sensation
|{{IPA|/ɪo/}}
|{{IPA|/ɪo:/}}
|sight
|sight
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|iOv
|iOv
|sight-Action/Verb
|sight-Action/Verb
|{{IPA|/ɪov/}}
|{{IPA|/ɪo:v/}}
|to see
|to see
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|fu
|fu
|This-Human
|This-Human
|{{IPA|//}}
|{{IPA|/fu/}}
|I, me
|I, me
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|-
|bu
|bu
|Together-Human
|Together-Human
|{{IPA|//}}
|{{IPA|/bu/}}
|you
|you
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|bru
|bru
|Together-Good-Human
|Together-Good-Human
|{{IPA|/bʀʊ/}}
|{{IPA|/bʀu/}}
|friend
|friend
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|brU
|brU
|Together-Good-Spirit
|Together-Good-Spirit
|{{IPA|/bʀu/}}
|{{IPA|/bʀu:/}}
|peace
|peace
|}
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://auilanguage.org/ Official aUI website]
* [https://auilanguage.space/ Official aUI website]
* Libert, Alan (2000), ''A Priori Artificial Languages'', Lincom Europa, Munich. {{ISBN|3-89586-667-9}}
* Libert, Alan (2000), ''A Priori Artificial Languages'', Lincom Europa, Munich. {{ISBN|3-89586-667-9}}
* [http://www.anomalist.com/reports/language.html The "Language of Space"&nbsp;— critical commentary] (however, not fully factual)
* [http://www.anomalist.com/reports/language.html The "Language of Space"&nbsp;— critical commentary] (however, not fully factual)
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