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Presentation

Interlingua, said of IALA (International Auxiliary Language Association) to distinguish it from Interlingue, achieved remarkable success and acceptance — even if modest compared with those of Esperanto. It is the most refined application of the “cosmopolitan” approach for an aprioristic constructed language, based on previous language knowledge of the user and focusing primarily on passive usage, contrasting with Esperanto’s “internationalism” and “democracy”.
António Martins, 05 Jun 1999

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No flag of Interlingua, but some proposals

Rodríguez [rod97] says that, although Interlingua apeared in 1951, no logo was officially adopted yet. However 14 proposals were published in 1991, during the language’s 40th anniversary.
António Martins, 05 Jun 1999

In Panorama in interlingua 1/1991: p.9 [ial91], reader Helmut Ruhrig mentions as emblems of (or for?) Interlingua two further designs:

  • Walter E. Raédler’s proposal includes the “yin-yang” outline (confusion and/or convergence between Interlingua-IALA and Occidental/Interlingue?), plus globe, dove and slogans.
  • Ric Berger’s proposal consists of a joint-hemispheric (azimuthal equatorial) world map with "Interlingua" and slogan on it.
António Martins, 13 Aug 2007

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Podrazil’s star proposal

Podrazil’s proposal
image by António Martins, 13 Aug 2007

A real flag, even if only as a proposal, is Karel Podrazil’s: Presented in Panorama in interlingua 1/1990: p.6 [ial90], as a first version of an emblem consisting of a four-pointed star faceted in blue (vertical clockwise sides), red (horizontal clockwise sides) and white (remaining sides).

In Panorama in interlingua 6/1990: p.6 [ial90a], this preexistent design is shown simplified, with a white four-pointed star on a horizontally divided background, blue over red, stating in support i.a. that it can be easily made into a flag: «Pote esser usate o como insignia o como bandiera sin modification» (= «can be used both as a lapel pin and as a flag, with no changes»), though it is illustrated only on a round emblem.

The associated symbolism would be sky over earth, as in «le blanc stella de interlingua penetra tote le mundo e pro alcun nationes illo es linguisticamente plus proxime, ma pro altere nationes illo es linguisticamente plus lontan» (= «Interlingua’s white star penetrating the whole world, being for some nations linguistacally closer, and farther to others»), which might not be Interlingua’s best argument.

António Martins, 13 Aug 2007

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Breinstrup’s "i" proposal

(conjectural flag design)
Breinstrup’s proposal
image by António Martins, 13 Aug 2007

This is one of the 14 designs proposed in 1991 mentioned in [rod97]. In this conjectural image I used the colors and arrangement of the European flag, whose philosophy is kin to the “cosmopolitan” ideas of the adepts of this language.
António Martins, 05 Jun 1999

Leafing through the 1990-1991 yearly collections of magazine Panorama in interlingua, (which is in Interlingua) I found plenty of evidence of this design: It was doubtlessly authored by Henrik Breinstrup, leading Danish interlinguaist and redactor of the magazine and was argued for in Panorama in interlingua 1/1991: p.9 [ial91]. It was published in Panorama in interlingua 6/1990: p.1 (with Christmas greetings in ribbon) and in Panorama in interlingua 1/1991: p.1,13 (as the 40th jubillee cartoon / logo, with dot replaced by champagne cork); it was probably used throughout the year 1991 in this magazine and other media. Still no idea of flags, nor support for my conjectural coloring.
António Martins, 13 Aug 2007

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As depicted in [rod97]

(conjectural flag design)
Breinstrup’s proposal with globe
image by António Martins, 05 Jun 1999

This is one of the 14 designs proposed in 1991 mentioned in [rod97]. In this conjectural image I used the colors and arrangement of the European flag, whose philosophy is kin to the “cosmopolitan” ideas of the adepts of this language.
António Martins, 05 Jun 1999

Leafing through the 1990-1991 yearly collections of magazine Panorama in interlingua, (which is in Interlingua) I found plenty of evidence of this design, though with a regular dot on the "i" (actually, an "ℹ"), not a globe grid.
António Martins, 13 Aug 2007

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"(I)" proposal

(conjectural flag design)
Interlingua “cateye” proposal
image by António Martins, 05 Jun 1999

This is one of the 14 designs proposed in 1991 mentioned in [rod97]. In this conjectural image I used the colors and arrangement of the European flag, whose philosophy is kin to the “cosmopolitan” ideas of the adepts of this language.
António Martins, 05 Jun 1999

Leafing through the 1990-1991 yearly collections of magazine Panorama in interlingua, (which is in Interlingua) I found no mention of the design reported in [rod97], the one that looks like "(I)" (a cat’s eye?).
António Martins, 13 Aug 2007


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