English Explanatory Dictionary

Lingua Ignota

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Latin-influenced mystical 12th-century constructed language recorded by St. Hildegard of Bingen, and apparently the first entirely artificial language.

Pronunciation

/ˈlinɡʷa iŋˈnoːta/

Word forms

Lingua Ignota

Etymology

From Latin lingua ignōtā (“unknown language”).

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