Claudius Colas

{{Short description|French Esperantist (1884–1914)}}

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Claudius Colas (Saint-Huruge, France, 29 November 1884 - Battle of the Marne, 11 September 1914).,{{cite book |title=Enciklopedio de Esperanto |url=https://www.eventoj.hu/steb/gxenerala_naturscienco/enciklopedio-1/encikl-c.htm |access-date=15 April 2021 |language=eo |chapter=Colas}} also known as Profesoro V. Esperema, was a French Esperantist. In 1910, he created the constructed language Adjuvilo, which was a complete language that was never meant to be spoken but instead an effort to help create dissent in the then-growing Ido movement.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} In 1910, he co-founded IKUE, the foremost organization of Catholic Esperantists in the world.

He died during the early days of World War I.[http://www.bowks.net/worldlang/aux/p_ClaudiusColas.html Auxilingua Project] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030124712/http://www.bowks.net/worldlang/aux/p_ClaudiusColas.html |date=2007-10-30 }}