The term auxiliary language is a language which is not the primary or native language of a community. It may refer to:
- an international auxiliary language, a planned, artificial language constructed for international communication, such as Esperanto
- a local minority language which has official recognition
- a liturgical language, such as Latin, Sanskrit, or Old Church Slavonic, used in religious services
- a professional, trade, or otherwise secret language such as Kallawaya among Andean herbalists
- an initiation language such as Damin in Australia
- a language of ethnic identity such as Eskayan in the Philippines
Famous quotes containing the word language:
“Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone. Although, in daily life, we do not always distinguish these words, we should do so consistently and thus deepen our understanding of our human predicament.”
—Paul Tillich (1886–1965)