VolapükVolapukn.

/ˈvɒləpʊk/

Etymology: < vol world (alteration of English world) + a connecting vowel, + pük speech (alteration of English speak).

An artificial language, chiefly composed of materials from European tongues, invented in 1879 by a German priest, Johann M. Schleyer, as a means of international communication. Also transferred.

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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > artificial or invented language

artificial language1705

natural language1774

Ziph1834

Volapük1885

Esperanto1892

pig Latin1896

pseudo-language1898

Idiom Neutral1903

auxiliary language1905

Panroman1907

universal1907

Ido1908

Mummerset1915

Interlingua1922

Reformed Neutral1922

occidental1926

interlanguage1927

world auxiliary1927

Novial1928

isotype1936

Interglossa1943

Klingon1985

leetspeak1996

leet2001

1885 Sat. Rev. 3 Jan. 15/1 Volapük is the name of the recently invented world-language, or universal tongue.

1888 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 434 In his shop-fronts the Russian mercifully interprets his Cyrillian characters by that original volapuk of the world's infancy, the picture.

1890 O. W. Holmes Over Teacups v. 99 Music will be the universal language—the Volapük of spiritual being.

Derivatives

ˈVolapüker n. = Volapükist n.

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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > artificial or invented language > one who uses

Volapükist1886

Volapüker1887

Esperantist1905

Idoist1916

Idist1926

Novialist1928

occidentalist1946

1887 Sc. Leader 28 Nov. 4 As much practice..as in the case of a living language, would be needed to give the Volapuker facility in dialogue.

ˈVolapükist n. an advocate or student of Volapuk.

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