International language

1. A language spoken in three or more countries. Some European international languages are German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, etc.); French (France, Quebec, former colonies); Spanish (Spain, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Columbia, etc.) Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil, former colonies), Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium, Antilles, etc.), Swedish (Sweden, Finland, parts of Norway), English, and Russian (in Eastern Europe). Other international languages include Chinese, Arabic and Swahili.

2. Any sign system with universal meaning, e.g., mathematical and musical rotation.

3. An artificial language intended to be universal, such as Volapuk or Esperanto.