DIGITAL INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE
ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE ARE NOT NEW.
EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF ESPARANTO, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE SPEAK IT?
THE PROBLEM WITH SUCH LANGUAGES IS THAT LEARNING THEM IS NOT
THAT MUCH EASIER THAN LEARNING A WIDELY-SPOKEN EXISTING LANGUAGE,
AND TO BE USEFUL, SUCH A LANGUAGE WOULD HAVE TO BE TAUGHT WORLDWIDE
MY PROPOSAL IS TO ESTABLISH A DIGITAL LANGUAGE, CONSISTING OF
PERHAPS 1000 NUMERICAL CODES, EACH STANDING FOR A WORD OR PHRASE.
THIS CONCEPT IS ALREADY IN USE IN RADIO COMMUNICATION FOR BREVITY
AND CLARITY. MANY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TEN-CODES USED BY
MOST TWO-WAY RADIO USERS. IN THIS AREA AND PERHAPS OTHERS
THE POLICE USE 3-DIGIT CODES FROM 100 TO 999. NATURALLY THESE
ARE LIMITED TO WORDS AND PHRASES OF POLICE INTEREST, BUT THEY
ARE A GOOD BASIC STARTING POINT.
THE LIST BELOW COMES FROM 10-CODES AND PD CODES COMBINED
AND GENERALIZED IN MEANING, WITH A FEW NEW ONES ADDED. FURTHER
REFINEMENT AND MORE CODES ARE NEEDED, OF COURSE.
Digi-speak (SO FAR)
100 RESTROOM
101 FEMALE
102 CHILD
103 HEADQUARTERS; OFFICE
104 YES, OK
105 GAS STATION
106 CARWASH
107 GOING HOME; GOODNIGHT
108 I'M BACK
109 SAY WHAT? HUH?
110 NEGATIVE; NO
111 MALE
112 STAND BY; WAIT A MINUTE
113 HOW'S THE WEATHER?
114 INFORMATION
115 I AM NOT ALONE
116 REPLY
117 GO TO...
118 URGENT
119 ENROUTE TO:
120 LOCATION
121 TELEPHONE
122 NEVER MIND; DISREGARD
123 ARRIVED AT DESTINATION
124 MY JOB IS DONE
125 MEET IN PERSON
126 ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL
127 DRIVERS LICENSE
128 VEHICLE REGISTRATION
129 ARREST WARRANTS
130 CAUTION
131 OFFICIAL PAPERS
134 WHAT TIME IS IT?
135 CONFIDENTAL INFO
138 CAN WE SPEAK PRIVATELY?
139 CHANGE THE SUBJECT
140 AVAILIBLE AT HOME
141 ESCORT
142 ARRESTED
143 I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER
144 THAT'S ILLEGAL
146 I'LL CHECK ON IT
148 HOME
149 CONFIDENTIAL ; SECRET
150 SWITCH TO CHANNEL...
151 SERIOUS CRIME
152 MISBEHAVIOUR; MINOR CRIME
153 LOCATE; DON'T MOLEST
154 MAY BE DANGEROUS
156 NEED MORE INFORMATION
157 DANGEROUS
168 COURT OF LAW
169 ORAL SEX
173 MOVING; RELOCATING
174 CAR NEEDS REPAIR
175 MORGUE
176 WHOSE CAR IS THIS?
177 WHOSE KID IS THIS?
178 BABYSITTING
179 DEATH
184 STOP SIGN
185 WIRES
186 WATER
187 WATER MAIN
188 SIDEWALK
189 POTHOLES
191 STRANDED MOTORIST
198 FINISHED ASSIGNMENT
200 WHERE IS THE TOILET?
201 I CAN'T UNDERSTAND
202 I HEAR YOU LOUD & CLEAR
203 STOP TALKING
205 PLEASE RELAY MESSAGE
206 I'M BUSY;I'M AT WORK
210 MUGGING
211 ROBBERY-ARMED
236 THREAT
237 DRUGS
239 FIGHT
240 ASSAULT
245 ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON
246 SNIPER
261 RAPE
267 DRUGS-ILLEGAL
286 A 286 COMPUTER
300 SEXUAL ACTIVITY
301 A SEX WORKER
302 HETEROSEXUAL SEX
303 HOMOSEXUAL SEX
304 BISEXUAL SEX
305 SEX ORGY
310 FOREPLAY
311 NUDE PERSON
312 CHILD NEGLECT
315 FORGERY
316 BOGUS CHECK
317 SOLICITING
318 FRAUD
333 INTERNET
386 A 386 COMPUTER
390 DRUNK
391 BURNING TRASH
410 Civil DISPUTE
415 DISTURBANCE
417 THREATENING
451 HOMICIDE
459 BURGLARY
486 A 486 COMPUTER
487 THEFT
488 STOLEN PROPERTY
491 KIDNAPPING
508 STOPLIGHT
509 TRAFFIC CONGESTION
510 GOING FAST
511 GOING SLOW
585 TRAFFIC HAZARD
586 ILLEGAL PARKING
601 MISSING PERSON
647 Suspicious person
651 LOOSE ANIMAL
666 SUICIDE
667 ACCIDENTAL SUICIDE
668 Emergency Message
670 HOW ARE YOU?
686 A PENTIUM COMPUTER
692 Drunk DrivING
693 RECKLESS DRIVING
707 BOMB SCARE
712 TRESPASSING
715 ILLEGAL BURNING
770 SHOTS FIRED
900 Drowning
901 INJURED/SICK
902 ENROUTE TO HOSPITAL
903 DEAD
904 FIRE FOLLOWUP
904 Fire
905 ARSON
906 NEED ASSISTANCE
907 BACKUP
910 Traffic Citation
911 PLEASE CALL FOR HELP
917 ABANDONED
918 INSANE; WEIRD
921 VOYERISM
925 Ambulance
926 Tow truck
927 UNKNOWN TROUBLE
928 FOUND PROPERTY
929 LOST ANIMAL
930 ANIMAL PROBLEM
960 Plane Crash
961 ACCIDENT NO INJURY
962 ACCIDENT W/INJURY
963 ACCIDENT W/DEATH
965 CHEMIST
966 IDENTIFICATION
990 NEED A RIDE
998 SHOOTING; GUNFIGHT
999 NEED HELP-URGENT
SUCH A LIST, IN ONE'S OWN LANGUAGE, WOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO LEARN
THAN A FOREIGN TONGUE, OR USABLE BY EASY REFERENCE FROM
AN ALPHABETIZED LIST
FOR SPEAKING, IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO LEARN THE NAMES OF THE TEN DIGITS IN
OTHER LANGUAGES.
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