Babm

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Babm
Created by	Rikichi (Fuishiki) Okamoto
Date founded	1962
Setting and usage	international auxiliary language
Total speakers	none
Category (purpose)	constructed languages int. auxiliary languages Babm
Category (sources)	a priori language
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	art
ISO 639-3	–
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Babm (pronounced [bɔʔɑbɔmu]) is an international auxiliary language created by the Japanese philosopher Rikichi [Fuishiki] Okamoto (1885–1963). Okamoto first published the language in a 1962 book, but the language has not caught on even within the constructed language community, and does not have any known current speakers. [1] The language uses the Roman alphabet as an abjad — each letter marks an entire syllable rather than a single phoneme by omitting the vowels. To readers used to the Roman script, this creates a rather oddly compacted script with far more consonant letters than vowel letters. However, with a little practice, Babm becomes easier to read.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Bibliography

• Okamoto, Rikichi [Fuishiki] (1962). Universal auxiliary language, Babm. Tokyo: The author. [Author appears as Fuishiki Okamoto.]
• Okamoto, Rikichi [Fuishiki] (1964). Sekaigogakuron. Tokyo: Minseikan. [In Japanese.]

[edit] External links

• Babm: The Simplest Auxiliary Language (excerpts from the 1962 book)
• "Babm and Lin" by Ray Brown

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