Sona is an international auxiliary language created by Kenneth Searight and described in a book he published in 1935. The word Sona in the language itself means "auxiliary neutral thing", but the name was also chosen to echo "sonority" or "sound". Searight created Sona as a response to the Eurocentricity of other artificial auxiliary languages of his time, such as Esperanto and Ido.

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  • Sona is an international auxiliary language created by Kenneth Searight and described in a book he published in 1935. The word Sona in the language itself means "auxiliary neutral thing", but the name was also chosen to echo "sonority" or "sound". Searight created Sona as a response to the Eurocentricity of other artificial auxiliary languages of his time, such as Esperanto and Ido. At the same time, Searight intended his language to be more practical than most a priori languages like Solresol or Ro, which were intended to be unbiased by any particular group of natural languages. Thus, Sona sacrificed familiarity of grammar and lexicon for some measure of "universality", while at the same time preserving basic notions common to grammars around the world such as compounding as a method of word formation. Searight used inspiration from many diverse languages, including English, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese and Japanese, to create his eclectic yet regular and logical language. Sona is an agglutinative language with a strong tendency towards being an isolating language. The language has 375 radicals or root words -- based on the terms in Roget's original thesaurus. Ideas and sentences are formed by juxtaposing the radicals. Thus, ra "male" plus ko "child" makes rako "boy". Searight's book, Sona; an auxiliary neutral language is the only example of this language. There is a small community on the Internet interested in reviving and using Sona.
  • Sona ist eine von Kenneth Searight geschaffene und in einem 1935 veröffentlichten Buch beschriebene Plansprache.
  • La lengua sona es una lengua auxiliar internacional creada por Kenneth Searight y descrita en un libro publicado en 1935: Sona, una lengua auxiliar neutra - Sona; an auxiliary neutral language . La palabra Sona (en la lengua sona misma) significa "(cosa) auxiliar", aunque Searight eligió el nombre por su parecido a sonus en Latín (raíz de los conceptos de "sonoridad" o "sonido" en castellano). La idea de la creación del idioma surgió como respuesta a la eurocentricidad de muchos proyectos anteriores similares, tales como el Esperanto y el Volapük. Searight incorporó en su proyecto elementos semánticos y estructurales de diversos idiomas, entre ellos, el japonés, el inglés, el turco, el chino, el ruso y el árabe, así como también de las lenguas neolatinas.
  • Sona on englantilaisen Kenneth Searightin vuonna 1935 julkaisema keinotekoinen kieli. Siinä on vaikutteita muun muassa englannin, arabian, turkin, kiinan ja japanin kielistä. Sonassa on 375 varsinaista sanaa, joita yhdistelemällä voi muodostaa uusia sanoja. Esimerkiksi ra tarkoittaa miestä ja ko lasta. Siitä muodostuu sana rako, joka tarkoittaa poikaa.
  • Il Sona è una lingua ausiliaria internazionale creata da Kenneth Searight e descritta in un libro da lui pubblicato nel 1935. Il suo nome in Sona significa "pensiero ausiliario neutrale", e fu scelto per la sua somiglianza alle parole "sonorità" e "suono". Searight creò il Sona in risposta alle altre lingue ausiliarie artificiali del suo tempo. Secondo lui l'Esperanto era troppo eurocentrico, mentre le lingue a priori come il Solresol erano del tutto inattuabili. Per queste ragioni Searight prese ispirazione da molti linguaggi diversi, soprattutto Inglese e Cinese, e generò la sua lingua eclettica, ma assai regolare e logica. Il Sona è una lingua agglutinante con una forte tendenza all'isolamento. Fa uso di 375 radicali o radici, basate sui termini originali del thesaurus di Roget. Le idee e frasi vengono composte tramite la giustapposizione di radicali. Il libro di Searight, Sona, un linguaggio ausiliario neutrale è il solo esempio di questa lingua. Esiste una piccola comunità in Internet interessata a far rivivere ed usare il Sona.
  • Sona is een internationale hulptaal, die werd gebouwd door Kenneth Searight en in 1935 door hem werd beschreven in zijn boek Sona: an auxiliary neutral language.
  • Sona - język sztuczny stworzony przez Kennetha Searighta w 1935.
  • Сона — искусственный язык априорного типа, созданный в XX веке Артуром Кеннетом Сирайтом (англ. Arthur Kenneth Searight), один из международных вспомогательных языков. Сона был создан как ответ на европоцентризм Идо и Эсперанто, большая часть корней языка заимствованы из арабского, турецкого, китайского и японского языков. Корневой состав языка невелик — 375 корней. Единственная книга на языке сона — учебник, выпущенный в 1935 году Дж. К. Сирайтом Название языка образовано соединением двух слов so (помощь, вспомогательный) + na (нейтральный). Сона — язык агглютинативного строя с тенденцией к изолирующим языкам.
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  • The language has 375 radicals or root words -- based on the terms in Roget's original thesaurus. Ideas and sentences are formed by juxtaposing the radicals.
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  • Sona is an international auxiliary language created by Kenneth Searight and described in a book he published in 1935. The word Sona in the language itself means "auxiliary neutral thing", but the name was also chosen to echo "sonority" or "sound". Searight created Sona as a response to the Eurocentricity of other artificial auxiliary languages of his time, such as Esperanto and Ido.
  • Sona ist eine von Kenneth Searight geschaffene und in einem 1935 veröffentlichten Buch beschriebene Plansprache.
  • La lengua sona es una lengua auxiliar internacional creada por Kenneth Searight y descrita en un libro publicado en 1935: Sona, una lengua auxiliar neutra - Sona; an auxiliary neutral language . La palabra Sona (en la lengua sona misma) significa "(cosa) auxiliar", aunque Searight eligió el nombre por su parecido a sonus en Latín (raíz de los conceptos de "sonoridad" o "sonido" en castellano).
  • Sona on englantilaisen Kenneth Searightin vuonna 1935 julkaisema keinotekoinen kieli. Siinä on vaikutteita muun muassa englannin, arabian, turkin, kiinan ja japanin kielistä. Sonassa on 375 varsinaista sanaa, joita yhdistelemällä voi muodostaa uusia sanoja. Esimerkiksi ra tarkoittaa miestä ja ko lasta. Siitä muodostuu sana rako, joka tarkoittaa poikaa.
  • Il Sona è una lingua ausiliaria internazionale creata da Kenneth Searight e descritta in un libro da lui pubblicato nel 1935. Il suo nome in Sona significa "pensiero ausiliario neutrale", e fu scelto per la sua somiglianza alle parole "sonorità" e "suono". Searight creò il Sona in risposta alle altre lingue ausiliarie artificiali del suo tempo. Secondo lui l'Esperanto era troppo eurocentrico, mentre le lingue a priori come il Solresol erano del tutto inattuabili.
  • Sona is een internationale hulptaal, die werd gebouwd door Kenneth Searight en in 1935 door hem werd beschreven in zijn boek Sona: an auxiliary neutral language.
  • Sona - język sztuczny stworzony przez Kennetha Searighta w 1935.
  • Сона — искусственный язык априорного типа, созданный в XX веке Артуром Кеннетом Сирайтом (англ. Arthur Kenneth Searight), один из международных вспомогательных языков.
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