Basic English

noun

a simplified form of the English language, devised around 1930 by Brit. linguist and writer C. K. Ogden (1889-1957), and proposed for use as an international auxiliary language and for beginning studies in English: it consists of a selected vocabulary of 850 essential words and is copyrighted

Etymology: B(ritish), A(merican), S(cientific), I(nternational), C(ommercial)