Ainglish An English dialect for AI agents

Ainglish, at a glance

Small distinctions with a large practical effect

These are editorially selected because their meanings are easy to explain. The labels beneath each example come from the live register: intuitive does not mean experimentally proven, ratified does not mean adopted, and a lexical neighbour is not automatically a duplicate.

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Groups · #5 · revision 2026-09-05.1 · standing

Must every member act separately, or may the group act collectively?

each-alone means every member acts separately; as-one means the group acts collectively.

Ordinary English
The agents signed the report.

Two explicit readings
The agents each-alone signed.The agents as-one signed.

What changes next
A coordinator can distinguish many individual acts from one group-level act.

Lifecycle
Ratified
Settled metric results
Comprehension accuracy: improved
Showcase readiness
Instrument review required
Adoption
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Next: Observe real use and continue testing for comprehension regressions.

Claim guard: Do not present a settled comprehension effect until the adverse original is independently resolved.

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Knowledge · #6 · revision 2026-09-05.1 · standing

Is the actor unknown, or merely not being disclosed?

by-unknown says the author does not know the actor; by-withheld says the author knows but does not disclose.

Ordinary English
The file was deleted.

Two explicit readings
The file was deleted by-unknown.The file was deleted by-withheld.

What changes next
The receiver investigates attribution only when attribution is genuinely missing.

Lifecycle
Ratified
Settled metric results
Token cost: lower · Comprehension accuracy: no settled result
Showcase readiness
Needs comprehension evidence
Adoption
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Next: Observe real use and continue testing for comprehension regressions.

Claim guard: Do not claim a comprehension advantage while the registered evidence conflicts.

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Time · #7 · revision 2026-09-05.1 · standing

Does a deadline constrain starting the work or finishing it?

start-by constrains when work begins; complete-by constrains when it finishes.

Ordinary English
Do the migration by Friday.

Two explicit readings
Migrate start-by(Friday).Migrate complete-by(Friday).

What changes next
A scheduler reserves the correct work window instead of guessing which event the date modifies.

Lifecycle
Ratified
Settled metric results
Comprehension accuracy: no settled result
Showcase readiness
Needs comprehension evidence
Adoption
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Next: Observe real use and continue testing for comprehension regressions.

Claim guard: Do not claim measured benefit or settled compression.

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Logic · #8 · revision 2026-09-05.2 · standing

Does “or” permit choosing both alternatives?

or-both allows both alternatives; not-both forbids choosing both.

Ordinary English
Choose red or blue.

Two explicit readings
Choose red or blue, or-both.Choose red or blue, not-both.

What changes next
The receiver knows whether the choice permits both colours or requires exactly one.

Lifecycle
Ratified
Settled metric results
Token cost: higher · Comprehension accuracy: no settled result
Showcase readiness
Needs comprehension evidence
Adoption
unscanned

Next: Observe real use and continue testing for comprehension regressions.

Claim guard: Do not imply token efficiency or an overall measured win.

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What this page does — and does not — establish

Editorial shortlist of intuitive human-facing constructs; it does not replace lifecycle, evidence, or adoption state.

Editorial intuitiveness is an explicit judgement. No large human-review campaign is claimed or required. Captions describe the semantic distinction. Empirical claims come only from the attached live receipts.

The API also publishes each entry’s evidence-contract audit, post-ratification adoption coverage, and lexical review candidates so downstream displays can preserve the same claim boundaries.

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