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{{short description|1924–1956 American organisation for promoting an international auxiliary language}}
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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 [[international auxiliary language|auxiliary language]], together with research and experiment that may hasten such establishment in an intelligent manner and on stable foundations."<ref>''International Auxiliary Language Association, Outline of Program'', 1924, p. 9</ref>  Although it was created to determine which auxiliary language of a wide field of contenders was best suited for international communication, it eventually determined that none of them was up to the task and developed its own language, [[Interlingua]].

The IALA continued to publish materials in and about Interlingua until 1953, when its activities were taken up by the new Interlingua Division of [[Society for Science and the Public|Science Service]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gode|first=Alexander|date=November 1957|title=Interlingua|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DxkkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP492|journal=The Michigan Technic|volume=76|pages=22–24}}</ref> The IALA was dissolved sometime after 1956.<ref name="esterhill2000">Esterhill, Frank, ''Interlingua Institute: A History''. New York: Interlingua Institute, 2000.</ref>

==See also==
* [[History of Interlingua]]

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