Basic english
a simplified form of english restricted to an 850-word vocabulary and a few rules of grammar, intended especially as an international auxiliary language and for use in teaching english as a foreign language: devised by charles kay ogden.
noun
a simplified form of english, proposed by c. k. ogden and i. a. richards, containing a vocabulary of approximately 850 of the commonest english words, intended as an international language
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