''Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language'', sometimes called the ''Interlingua Grammar'', is the first grammar of

Interlingua Interlingua (; ISO 639 language codes ia, ina) is an international auxiliary language (IAL) developed between 1937 and 1951 by the American International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). It ranks among the most widely used IALs and is t ...

. Released in 1951 by the

International Auxiliary Language Association The International Auxiliary Language Association, Inc. (IALA) was an American organisation founded in 1924 to "promote widespread study, discussion and publicity of all questions involved in the establishment of an auxiliary language, together wi ...

(IALA), it remains an authoritative reference work for Interlingua speakers and students of linguistics. Its subtitle, referring to ''a'' grammar of ''the'' international language, reflects a position of authors

Alexander Gode Alexander Gottfried Friedrich Gode-von Aesch (October 30, 1906 – August 10, 1970) was a German-born American linguist, translator and the driving force behind the creation of the auxiliary language Interlingua. Biography Born to a German fat ...

and Hugh Edward Blair that Interlingua is a pre-existing reality, but that differing portrayals of that reality are possible. The idea of Interlingua as pre-existing within national languages gains support from naturalistic experiments in which speakers of several languages, most notably Romance languages and English, understand written or spoken Interlingua without prior study. The IALA crafted ''Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language'' as a companion to the 1951 '' Interlingua-English Dictionary'', the first major presentation of Interlingua to the general public.

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A Grammar of Interlingua
the original text of the book in browsable and downloadable form.
Grammatica de Interlingua
Interlingua translation of the ''Grammar'' by the

Union Mundial pro Interlingua The Union Mundial pro Interlingua (UMI; World Interlingua Union) is a global organization that promotes Interlingua, an international auxiliary language (IAL) published in 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). UMI was ...

. Grammar books Interlingua publications {{conlang-stub