a time after the arrival of Nazi troops in the city for refusing to move to Germany as an ethnic German, and thereafter saved by his friends who argued for his mental instability and need to relocate to the hospital. With his home destroyed, he remained in the psychiatric hospital after the war and died there in 1948. Shortly afterwards, in 1949, the name of Occidental was changed to Interlingue. Later, in 1951, Interlingua was unveiled, attracting many prominent users of the now-named Interlingue including Ric Berger and André Schild. See also De Wahl's rule Publications Edgar von Wahl. Flexion und Begriffsspaltung. – Linguist 1896, nr 10. Edgar von Wahl. Ausnahmen. – Linguist 1897, nr 3. Edgar de Wahl. [Idiom neutral reformed]. – Progres 1906, nr 6. Julian Prorók. Ketzereien: Keimzellen einer Philosophie. Tartu, Leipzig 1906. Edgar de Wahl. AULI = Auxiliari lingue International. – Discussiones 1909, nr 1-2. Edgar de Wahl. L leges de derivation en verbes. – Lingua Internationale 1911, nr 1. Edgar von Wahl. Kaiserlicher Estländischer See-Yacht-Club: historische Übersicht 1888-1913. Tallinn 1913. Edgar de Wahl. Qual instructiones da nos li historie de lingue universal. – Kosmoglott 1922, nr 1, pp 6–8. Edgar de Wahl. Radicarium directiv del lingue international (occidental): in 8 lingues. Tallinn 1925. Edgar de Wahl. Interlinguistic reminiscenties. – Cosmoglotta 1927, nr 41, pp 54–64. Edgar de Wahl. Occidental: gemeinverständliche europäische Kultursprache für internationalen Verkehr: Begründung, Grammatik, Wortbildung, vergleichende textproben. Tallinn, Viin 1928. Edgar de Wahl, Otto Jespersen. Discussiones inter E. de Wahl e O. Jespersen. Chapelle 1935. Edgar de Wahl. Spiritu de interlingue. Cheseaux/Lausanne, 1953. References 1867 births 1948 deaths People from Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast People from Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd Baltic-German people Linguists from Estonia Estonian scholars Constructed language creators Interlingue Interlingue speakers