Tag: "International auxiliary language"

tag name	International auxiliary language	type:	Principles, teachings; Science: natural, social, and applied; Translation, languages
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/International_auxiliary_language
variations or mis-spellings	IAL; universal language
related tags	- Concepts; – Language; Communication; Constructed languages; Signs of the coming of age of humanity; Unity of humanity
referring tags	Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Selected topics; Lango language; Language learning; Speculation; Time saving
Inventory subject	Universal language
notes	"The establishment of an international language to be taught in all the schools of the world, in addition to the native tongue, is ordained by Bahá'u'lláh in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and mentioned in various Tablets. Its achievement would be one of the signs of the 'coming of age of the human race'..." – from A Basic Bahá'í Dictionary (1989) See also: – Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Universal Auxiliary Language (2002) – Covenant Library Unified Index
selected quotations (authoritative sources)	These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts: "... O members of parliaments throughout the world! Select ye a single language for the use of all on earth, and adopt ye likewise a common script. God, verily, maketh plain for you that which shall profit you and enable you to be independent of others. He, of a truth, is the Most Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. This will be the cause of unity, could ye but comprehend it, and the greatest instrument for promoting harmony and civilization, would that ye might understand! ..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, ¶ 189 (see: Signs for the Coming of Age of the Human Race) "... It behooveth the sovereigns of the world ... or the ministers of the earth to take counsel together and to adopt one of the existing languages or a new one to be taught to children in schools throughout the world, and likewise one script. Thus the whole earth will come to be regarded as one country..." – Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Bishárát (Glad-Tidings), ¶5 (BH00568) "... The day is approaching when all the peoples of the world will have adopted one universal language and one common script. When this is achieved, to whatsoever city a man may journey, it shall be as if he were entering his own home. These things are obligatory and absolutely essential. It is incumbent upon every man of insight and understanding to strive to translate that which hath been written into reality and action..." – Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawḥ-i-Maqṣúd (Tablet of Maqṣúd), ¶10 (BH00140) "... One day, while in Constantinople, Kamál Páshá visited this Wronged One. Our conversation turned upon topics profitable unto man. He said that he had learned several languages. In reply We observed: “You have wasted your life. It beseemeth you and the other officials of the Government to convene a gathering and choose one of the divers languages, and likewise one of the existing scripts, or else to create a new language and a new script to be taught children in schools throughout the world. They would, in this way, be acquiring only two languages, one their own native tongue, the other the language in which all the peoples of the world would converse. Were men to take fast hold on that which hath been mentioned, the whole earth would come to be regarded as one country, and the people would be relieved and freed from the necessity of acquiring and teaching different languages.” When in Our presence, he acquiesced, and even evinced great joy and complete satisfaction. We then told him to lay this matter before the officials and ministers of the Government, in order that it might be put into effect throughout the different countries. However, although he often returned to see Us after this, he never again referred to this subject, although that which had been suggested is conducive to the concord and the unity of the peoples of the world. ... Our purpose is that all men may cleave unto that which will reduce unnecessary labor and exertion, so that their days may be befittingly spent and ended..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, pp. 137-139 (BH00005)
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references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_auxiliary_language; bahaiquotes.com/subject/universal-language; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="auxiliary language"; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="universal language"

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