Ekspreso

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Ekspreso
Created by:	Jay Bowks	1996
Setting and usage:	—
Total speakers:	—
Category (purpose):	constructed languages int. auxiliary languages Ekspreso
Category (sources):	a posteriori language of mostly Romance stock, based on Interlingua
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`art`
ISO/FDIS 639-3:	—
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Ekspreso (eso) is a constructed language. The name derives from the Latin word expressus ("expressed"), the past participle of exprimere (literally "to squeeze out"), from ex-, "out of, from," + premere, "to press".

Ekspreso is termed the "language for people in a hurry" (in Ekspreso, la lingua pro la persona in haste). It is an easy-to-learn language meant to serve as an international auxiliary language quite useful for people who want to meet foreigners and learn about other countries and cultures. It was invented as a derivative of Interlingua by Jay Bowks, a school teacher from New Hampshire, in 1996, as a result of discussion on the Auxlang email list.

Ekspreso aims to be easier and faster to learn as a second language than Esperanto, particularly for speakers of European languages. It is designed to be easier than any national language (especially languages with highly irregular grammars or non-phonetic orthography, such as English, French, and Chinese).