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Lincos (an abbreviation of the Latin phrase lingua cosmica) is a constructed language first described in 1960 by Dr. Hans Freudenthal in his book Lincos: Design of a Language for Cosmic Intercourse, Part 1. It is a language designed to be understandable by any possible intelligent extraterrestrial life form, for use in interstellar radio transmissions. Freudenthal considered that such a language should be easily understood by beings not acquainted with any Earthling syntax or language. Lincos was designed to be capable of encapsulating "the whole bulk of our knowledge."

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  1. Freudenthal, Hans (1960). Lincos, Design of a Language for Cosmic Intercourse. Amsterdam: North-Holland. 
  2. "This is the index page of Dr". alexanderollongren.nl. http://www.alexanderollongren.nl. 
  3. Prof. Allen Tough. "Invitation to ETI: Alexander Ollongren". ieti.org. http://ieti.org/who/ollongre.htm. 
  4. Webb, Stephen Where Is Everybody?, Praxis Publishing Ltd, 2002, p. 260
  5. http://www.encounter2001.com Encounter 2001, promoters of the experiment by Dutil and Dumas which encoded a message in Lincos and beamed it towards close stars.
  6. How to Design Beacons for Humanity's Afterlife. Wolfram. Jan 2018 https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-design-beacons-for-humanitys-afterlife
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