<p>Assuming that the OP misremembered a few facts, the language may be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babm" rel="noreferrer">Babm</a>, invented by the Japanese philosopher Rikichi [Fuishiki] Okamoto (1885–1963) and first published in 1962. It uses the Latin script as a syllabary (which is not the same thing as using a latinate vocabulary) and has "some degree of analytic inflection".</p>

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I thought of Babm too, but its vocabulary is completely schematic, and the date is wrong.
Nick Nicholas
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Tsundoku
<p>I have found the language again, it is named <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilengo" rel="noreferrer">Zilengo</a> and it was designed by <a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oka_Asajiro" rel="noreferrer">OKA Asajiro</a> in 1890. Apparently not much information about the language is preserved.</p>

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Sir Cornflakes
<p>I remember some facts about an international auxiliary language (IAL) created by a Japanese person, but unfortunately I both forgot the name of the inventor and the name of the IAL. Can someone help me out?</p>

<p>Features that I can remember:</p>

<ul>
<li>Created by a Japanese around the turn of 19th to the 20th century</li>
<li>Based on European languages (mostly latinate vocabulary)</li>
<li>Having a schematic and simplified inflection</li>
<li>When the author became aware of Esperanto he dumped his own IAL project and became one of the first Japanese Esperantists</li>
</ul>

<p>I want to know the name of the author and (if available) the name of the language. Additional information is always welcome!</p>

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International Auxiliary Language created by a Japanese person
# International Auxiliary Language created by a Japanese person

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-03)

I remember some facts about an international auxiliary language (IAL) created by a Japanese person, but unfortunately I both forgot the name of the inventor and the name of the IAL. Can someone help me out?

Features that I can remember:

* Created by a Japanese around the turn of 19th to the 20th century
* Based on European languages (mostly latinate vocabulary)
* Having a schematic and simplified inflection
* When the author became aware of Esperanto he dumped his own IAL project and became one of the first Japanese Esperantists

I want to know the name of the author and (if available) the name of the language. Additional information is always welcome!

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-04-08. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

I have found the language again, it is named [Zilengo](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilengo) and it was designed by [OKA Asajiro](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oka_Asajiro) in 1890. Apparently not much information about the language is preserved.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-03. Score: 10

Assuming that the OP misremembered a few facts, the language may be [Babm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babm), invented by the Japanese philosopher Rikichi [Fuishiki] Okamoto (1885–1963) and first published in 1962. It uses the Latin script as a syllabary (which is not the same thing as using a latinate vocabulary) and has "some degree of analytic inflection".

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I thought of Babm too, but its vocabulary is completely schematic, and the date is wrong.  

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