Boeree ia comensa labora a lfn en 1965, con la gol de crea un lingua simple. El ia es inspirada par leje sur lingua franca, un pijin usada en la mar Mediteranean en sentenios pasada.
Boeree began work on LFN in 1965, with the goal of creating a simple language. He was inspired by reading about Lingua Franca, a pidgin used around the Mediterranean sea in centuries past.