original: it was to serve as an international auxiliary language , that is , as a universal second language , not to replace ethnic languages .
simplifications: 1 . it was to serve as an international auxiliary language , that is , as a universal second language , not to replace ethnic languages . it was to be a universal second language , not to replace ethnic languages . 1 . it was to serve as an international supplementary language , that is , as a universal second language , not to replace ethnic languages . it was to serve as an international auxiliary language which means it was a universal second language . it was to serve as an international common language , that is , as a universal second language , not to replace ethnic languages . it was to serve as an international auxiliary language , that is , as a universal second language , not to replace ethnic languages . it was to serve as an international extra / helping -lrb- thing -rrb- language , that is , as a universal second language , not to replace ethnic languages . it was to be used as a world-wide extra language ; that is , as second language , not to replace ethnic languages .