Editing Interlingua (section)

===The four models===
From 1946 to 1948, French linguist [[André Martinet]] was Director of Research. During this period IALA continued to develop models and conducted polling to determine the optimal form of the final language. In 1946, IALA sent an extensive survey to more than 3,000 language teachers and related professionals on three continents.{{sfn|Gopsill|1990}}{{sfn|Gopsill|Sexton|2006c}}

Model P was unchanged from 1945; Model M was relatively modern in comparison to more classical P. Model K was slightly modified in the direction of Ido.  The resulting four models that were canvassed were:{{sfn|Gopsill|1990}}

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| &nbsp; || Model&nbsp;P || &nbsp; || highly&nbsp;naturalistic, with word forms unchanged from the prototypes
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| &nbsp; || Model&nbsp;M || &nbsp; || moderately&nbsp;naturalistic, similar to Occidental
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| &nbsp; || Model&nbsp;C || &nbsp; || slightly&nbsp;schematic, along the lines of Novial
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| &nbsp; || Model&nbsp;K || &nbsp; || moderately&nbsp;schematic, similar to Ido (less schematic than Esperanto){{sfn|Gopsill|Sexton|2006b}}
|}
An example sentence:
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| &nbsp; || Model&nbsp;P || &nbsp; || highly&nbsp;naturalistic || &nbsp; || {{Lang|ia|Jo habe nascite, o dea cum le oculos azure, de parentes barbare, inter le bone et virtuose Cimmerios}}
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| &nbsp; || Model&nbsp;M || &nbsp; || moderately&nbsp;naturalistic || &nbsp; ||{{Lang|ia|Io have nascit, o dea con le ocules azur, de parentes barbar, inter le bon e virtuos Cimmerios}}
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| &nbsp; || Model&nbsp;C || &nbsp; || slightly&nbsp;schematic || &nbsp; ||{{Lang|ia|Yo ha nascet, o deessa con le ocules azur, de parentes barbar, inter le bon e virtuose Cimerios}}
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| &nbsp; || Model&nbsp;K || &nbsp; || moderately&nbsp;schematic || &nbsp; ||{{Lang|ia|Yo naskeba, o dea kon le okuli azure, de parenti barbare, inter le bone e virtuose Kimerii}}
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| &nbsp; || colspan=3 | (modern Interlingua) || &nbsp; ||{{Lang|ia|Io ha nascite, o dea con le oculos azur, de parentes barbar, inter le bon e virtuose Cimmerios}}
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| &nbsp; || colspan=3 | (English) || &nbsp; ||'I was born, O goddess with the blue eyes, of barbarian relations, among the good and virtuous Cimmerians'
|}

The vote total ended up as follows: P 26.6%, M 37.5%, C 20%, and K 15%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=e0g&datum=1948&page=102&size=45|title=Cosmoglotta A, 1948, p. 101}}</ref>  The two more schematic models, C and K, were rejected.  Of the two naturalistic models, M attracted somewhat more support than P. Taking national biases into account (for example, the French who were polled disproportionately favored Model M), IALA decided on a compromise between models M and P, with certain elements of C.{{sfn|Gopsill|Sexton|2006c}}