The International Terminological Key - universala esperanto

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Glossary
ITK = The International Terminological Key, made up of purely normoglot word stems
(prototypes); the central pillar that makes Uniespo clearly superior to traditional
Esperanto.
normoglot = The particular vocabulary of sciences and technology.
socioglot = The common everyday vocabulary
Uniespo = Short for "Universal Esperanto"; a further development of traditional Esperanto
— the supranational constructed language — making it especially adapted to the
particular needs of sciences and technology, while retaining all its excellent qualities
for literary creations.
"If it cannot be accomplished in the coming decades that the tools of
terminology (terminological principles, methods and formats) are fully
applied on both national and international levels, so that terminologies
become reliable, then serious difficulties in regard to subject
communication can occur, and even a complete breakdown can be
expected. This situation is mainly due to the rapid progress achieved in
all areas of human activity, which caused an abundance of new
concepts. These concepts, however, have to be expressed by a very
limited number of terms and possible combinations of term elements in
the various languages. These tremendous dynamics within term
formation and evolution stand in contrast to a static stock of word
elements from which terms can actually be formed. The stems that are
available in the various languages amount to a few thousand, while the
number of concepts known can only be expressed in millions. The limits
of assigning terms to concepts in an unambiguous way will be reached
very quickly if this development proceeds further at such a rate."
[Professor H. Felber, former director of UNESCO's INFOTERM, in:
Infoterm; Ten years of activities – Vienna 1982]
Dedicated especially to scientists
of non-Western cultures.