The language Occidental, later Interlingue, is a planned language created by the Baltogerman naval officer and teacher Edgar de Wahl and published in 1922. A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them A constructed or artificial language known colloquially or informally as a conlang is a Language whose Phonology, Grammar Edgar von Wahl or Edgar de Wahl (born August 11, 1867 in Olwiopol Imperial Russia (now Pervomaysk, Ukraine) died in Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Occidental is devised with great care to ensure that many of its derived word forms reflect the similar forms common to a number of Western European languages. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' This was done through application of de Wahl's rule which is actually a small set of rules for converting verb infinitives into derived nouns and adjectives. For English usage of verbs see the wiki article English verbs. In Grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages In Grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a Noun or Pronoun, giving more information about the The result is a language relatively easy to understand at first sight for individuals acquainted with several Western European languages. Coupled with a simplified grammar, this made Occidental exceptionally popular in Europe during the 15 years before World War II, and it is believed that it was at its height the fourth most popular planned language, after Volapük, Esperanto and perhaps Ido in order of appearance. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Volapük (volaˈpyk or ˈvɒləpʊk in English is a Constructed language, created in 1879-1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest is by far the most widely spoken constructed International auxiliary language in the world Ido (ˈiːdoʊ is a Constructed language created with the goal of becoming a universal second language for speakers of different linguistic backgrounds as a language easier

But some have believed that its intentional emphasis on European forms coupled with a somewhat Eurocentric philosophy espoused by several of its leading lights hindered its spread elsewhere. Yet, Occidental gained adherents in many nations including Asian nations. Before WWII it had grown to become the second largest IAL in numbers of adherents, after Esperanto. Esperantists at the time claimed Occidental had at least 2,000,000 adherents. Also, the majority of the Ido adherents took up Occidental in place of Ido. ^[1]

Occidental survived World War II, undergoing a name change to Interlingue, but gradually faded into insignificance following the appearance of a competing naturalistic project, Interlingua, in the early 1950s. Interlingua is an International auxiliary language (IAL developed between 1937 and 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive However, today with the emergence of the Internet, Occidental is once again increasing in popularity.

Alphabet and pronunciation

The alphabet of Occidental is:

Pronunciation:

• a - like father
• c - before e, i, y it is ts, otherwise k
• cc - before e, i, y it is kts, otherwise geminated k
• ch - like English ch in church
• g - like English j before e, i, y, otherwise it's hard
• gg - like English j before e, i, y , otherwise a geminated g
• gu - before vowels gw, otherwise gu
• j - just like English
• ni - before vowels like Spanish ñ, otherwise ni
• ph - f
• qu - same as English
• s - between vowels z, otherwise s
• sh - English sh
• sch - English sh
• t - plus i and another vowel, it is like s, otherwise t
• th - same as English
• w - same as English
• y - same as English
• zz - tts

Example texts

Li material civilisation, li scientie, e mem li arte unifica se plu e plu. The letter A is the first letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is a (eɪ plural B is the second letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled bee or occasionally be (biː plural bees. C is the third letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled cee or occasionally ce (siː D is the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled dee or occasionally de (diː E is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled e (iː plural es or ees (also written E's E F is the sixth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ef or eff (ɛf G is the seventh letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled gee or occasionally ge (dʒiː I is the ninth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its English name is i (aɪ J is the tenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet; it was the last of the 26 letters to be added K is the eleventh letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled kay (keɪ L is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is el or occasionally ell (ɛl M is the thirteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled em (ɛm N is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled en (ɛn O is the fifteenth letter of the modern Latin Alphabet. Its name in English is spelled o (oʊ plural usually o's or os; sometimes P is the sixteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled pee or occasionally pe (piː Q is the seventeenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled cue (kjuː R is the eighteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ar (ɑr pronounced or) S is the nineteenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ess or occasionally es (ɛs generally es- T is the twentieth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled tee or occasionally te (tiː U is the twenty-first letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled u (juː V is the twenty-second letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled vee or occasionally ve (viː W is the twenty-third letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled double-u (ˈdʌbljuː X is the twenty-fourth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ex or occasionally ecks (ɛks plural exes The letter Y is the twenty-fifth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Z is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Li cultivat europano senti se quasi in hem in omni landes queles have europan civilisation, it es, plu e plu, in li tot munde. Hodie presc omni states guerrea per li sam armes. Sin cessa li medies de intercommunication ameliora se, e in consecuentie de to li terra sembla diminuer se. Un Parisano es nu plu proxim a un angleso o a un germano quam il esset ante cent annus a un paisano frances.

Li Patre nor, the Lord's Prayer, in Interlingue (ex Occidental):

Patre nor, qui es in li cieles. The Lord's Prayer, also known as the Our Father or Pater noster, is probably the best-known Prayer in Christianity.
Mey tui nómine esser sanctificat,
mey tui regnia venir.
Mey tui vole esser fat
qualmen in li cieles talmen anc sur li terre.
Da nos hodie nor pan omnidial,
e pardona nor débites,
qualmen anc noi pardona nor debitores.
E ne inducte nos in tentation,
ma libera nos de lu mal.
Amen.

See also

• Indo-European languages
• Resume de gramatica de Interlingue (Occidental) in Interlingue, (e demonstration de leibilita!)
• Li Europan lingues
• Interlingua
• Ric Berger

References

External links

• Cosmoglotta Biblioteca- Preservation of Occidental texts. (Free registration required. )
• A wiki with Occidental info.Auli-Occidental Wiki
• William Patterson's Occidental Pages - Including the classic text Ex li paper-corb by Farfarello, from Cosmoglotta # 118, Nov/Dec 1937.