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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
| name = Ithkuil | | name = Ithkuil | ||
| nativename = | | nativename = îţkuil | ||
| pronunciation = | | pronunciation = iθkuːɪl | ||
| familycolor = conlang | |||
| familycolor = | |||
| fam1 = philosophical language | | fam1 = philosophical language | ||
| creator = John Quijada | | creator = John Quijada | ||
| created = | | created = 1978 | ||
| | | scripts = * [[Logogram|logographic]] | ||
| | | clcr = qit | ||
| image = [[ | | image = [[File:Ithkuil-name.jpg|frameless]] | ||
| notice = IPA | | notice = IPA | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Ithkuil''', [iːθˈkuːɪl], is an experimental [[constructed language]] created by American linguist John Quijada,<ref name="foer-2012">Joshua Foer, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/24/121224fa_fact_foer "John Quijada and Ithkuil, the Language He Invented"], ''The New Yorker'', December 24, 2012.</ref> designed to express deeper levels of human cognition briefly yet overtly and clearly, particularly with regard to human categorization. Presented as a cross between an [[a priori language|a priori]] [[philosophical language|philosophical]] and a [[logical language|logical]] language striving to minimize the ambiguities and semantic vagueness found in natural human languages,<ref name="intro">[http://www.ithkuil.net/00_intro.html ''A Philosophical Design for a Hypothetical Language''– Introduction]</ref> Ithkuil is notable for its grammatical complexity and extensive phoneme inventory, the latter being simplified in the final version of the language. The name "Ithkuil" is an anglicized form of ''Îţkûil'', which in the original form roughly means "hypothetical representation of a language".<ref name="intro" /> Quijada states he did not create Ithkuil to be [[international auxiliary language|auxiliary]] or used in everyday conversations, but rather to serve as a language for more elaborate and profound fields where more insightful thoughts are expected, such as philosophy, arts, science and politics.<ref name="faqs">[http://ithkuil.net/faqs.html Ithkuil FAQs]</ref> | '''Ithkuil''', [iːθˈkuːɪl], is an experimental [[constructed language]] created by American linguist John Quijada,<ref name="foer-2012">Joshua Foer, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/24/121224fa_fact_foer "John Quijada and Ithkuil, the Language He Invented"], ''The New Yorker'', December 24, 2012.</ref> designed to express deeper levels of human cognition briefly yet overtly and clearly, particularly with regard to human categorization. Presented as a cross between an [[a priori language|a priori]] [[philosophical language|philosophical]] and a [[logical language|logical]] language striving to minimize the ambiguities and semantic vagueness found in natural human languages,<ref name="intro">[http://www.ithkuil.net/00_intro.html ''A Philosophical Design for a Hypothetical Language''– Introduction]</ref> Ithkuil is notable for its grammatical complexity and extensive phoneme inventory, the latter being simplified in the final version of the language. The name "Ithkuil" is an anglicized form of ''Îţkûil'', which in the original form roughly means "hypothetical representation of a language".<ref name="intro" /> Quijada states he did not create Ithkuil to be [[international auxiliary language|auxiliary]] or used in everyday conversations, but rather to serve as a language for more elaborate and profound fields where more insightful thoughts are expected, such as philosophy, arts, science and politics.<ref name="faqs">[http://ithkuil.net/faqs.html Ithkuil FAQs]</ref> | ||
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