claim: The Dodo has been depicted with a naked head and arm.
evidence: This article is an informal outline of the grammar of Interlingua , an international auxiliary language first publicized by IALA .. Interlingua. Interlingua. international auxiliary language. international auxiliary language. IALA. International Auxiliary Language Association. It follows the usage of the original grammar text -LRB- Gode & Blair , 1951 -RRB- , which is accepted today but regarded as conservative .. The grammar of Interlingua is based largely on that of the Romance languages , but simplified , primarily under the influence of English .. Interlingua. Interlingua. Romance languages. Romance languages. English. English language. However , all of the control languages , including German and Russian , were consulted in developing the grammar .. German. German language. Russian. Russian language. Grammatical features absent from any of the primary control languages were dropped .. For example , there is neither adjectival agreement -LRB- Spanish / Portuguese gatos negros ` black cats ' -RRB- , since this feature is absent in English , nor continuous verb tenses -LRB- English I am reading -RRB- , since they are absent in French and German .. English. English language. German. German language. agreement. Agreement ( linguistics ). Spanish. Spanish language. Portuguese. Portuguese language. continuous verb tenses. Continuous and progressive aspects. French. French language. Conversely , Interlingua has articles unlike Russian .. Interlingua. Interlingua. Russian. Russian language. There is no systemic marking for parts of speech .. For example , nouns do not have to end in any particular letter .. Typically , however , adjectives end in - e or a consonant , adverbs end in - mente or - o , while nouns end in - a , - e , - o or a consonant .. Finite verbs virtually always end in - a , - e , or - i , while infinitives add - r  : scribe , ` write ' , ` writes ' ; scriber , ` to write ' .