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The term '''irregularities or exceptions in Interlingua''' refers to deviations from the logical rules in a few grammatical constructions in the [[international auxiliary language]] [[Interlingua]]. These oddities are a part of the standard grammar. These special cases have crept into the language as a result of the effort to keep it naturalistic. Most of these irregularities also exist in Interlingua's source languages; [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], and to a lesser extent [[German language|German]] and [[Russian language|Russian]]. This feature of the language makes Interlingua more familiar to the speakers of source languages. And at the same time, it makes the language more difficult for others.

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! Letter / Digraph

! Possible Pronunciations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.optus.net/~ado_hall/interlingua/gi/spelling/spelling_&_pronunciation.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040724184617/http://members.optus.net/~ado_hall/interlingua/gi/spelling/spelling_&_pronunciation%26_pronunciation.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-07-24|author=Alexander Gode & Hugh Blair|title=Grammar of Interlingua (Second Edition)|date=2011-10-23|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref>

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| /k/ <br> /tʃ/ <br> /ʃ/

| like /k/ in words of Greek origin <br> /tʃ/ only in a few words (very rare) <br> /ʃ/ in several words that come from the French

| ''cholera'', ''chrome'', <br> ''Chile'' <br>, ''cochi'' <br> ''machine'', ''chef''

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| h

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Besides, there are also unassimilated loan words that retain their original pronunciation and spelling.

Diacritics are howeverpermitted when they do not influence the pronunciation of the word borrowed into Interlingua. Common examples of such words are ''radios Röntgen'' (X rays) and ''kümmel''.

===Contractions===

Just likeas in English, where ''I am'' is usually contracted to ''I'm'' and ''he is'' to ''he's'', such contractions are also found in Interlingua and these two are compulsory to observe:

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==External links==

*[httphttps://membersadoneilson.optus.netcom/~ado_hall/interlinguaint/gi/home/entry_page.html "a grammar of interlingua"] by Alexander Gode & Hugh Blair

*''[http://www.interlingua.com/grammatica Grammatica de interlingua]''