Editing Lincos language (section)

{{short description|Constructed language}}
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{{Infobox language
|name    = Lincos
|creator = [[Hans Freudenthal]]
|created    = 1960
|setting = [[search for extraterrestrial intelligence]]
|fam2    = [[engineered language]]
|posteriori = [[A priori (languages)|a priori]]
|iso3=none
|glotto=none
|ietf = [https://www.kreativekorp.com/clcr/ art-x-lincos]
}}

'''Lincos''' (an abbreviation of the [[Latin]] phrase ''lingua cosmica'') is a [[constructed language]] first described in 1960 by Dr. [[Hans Freudenthal]] in his book ''Lincos: Design of a Language for Cosmic Intercourse, Part 1''. It is a language designed to be understandable by any possible intelligent [[extraterrestrial life]] form, for use in interstellar [[radio]] transmissions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Oberhaus |first=Daniel |title=Extraterrestrial Languages |date=2019-09-27 |publisher=[[MIT Press]] |isbn=978-0-262-35527-8 |language=en |doi=10.7551/mitpress/11229.001.0001 |oclc=1142708941}}</ref> Freudenthal considered that such a language should be easily understood by beings not acquainted with any [[Earth]]ling [[syntax]] or language. Lincos was designed to be capable of encapsulating "the whole bulk of our knowledge".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nidditch |first1=P. |title=Lincos. Design of a Language for Cosmic Intercourse. Part 1. By H. Freudenthal. Pp. 224. 45s. 1960. (North Holland Publishing Co.) (Review) |journal=The Mathematical Gazette |date=1962 |volume=46 |issue=356 |page=164 |doi=10.2307/3611676 |jstor=3611676 |s2cid=60625617 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/3611676 |access-date=20 June 2022|url-access=subscription }}</ref>