Volapük (constructed language)
From Kook Science
Volapük (portmanteau: vola, "of the world" + pük, "language"; hence "language of the world") is a constructed language, originally devised between 1879 and 1880 by Fr. Johann Martin Schleyer, a German Catholic priest who was inspired by a dream in which God had told him to create an international language.
Resources
- Seret, W. A. (1887), Grammar with Vocabularies of Volapük (the Language of the World) for all Speakers of the English Language, Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son; London: Whittaker & Co., https://archive.org/details/cu31924027111453
- Sprague, Charles Ezra (1888), Hand-Book of Volapük, New York: The Office Company; London: Trübner & Co; Chicago: S. R. Winchell & Co., https://archive.org/details/handbookofvolap00sprauoft
- Kirchoff, Alfred (1888), Volapük, or, Universal Language: A Short Grammatical Course, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., https://archive.org/details/volapukorunivers00kirciala
- Wood, M. W. (1889), Dictionary of Volapük: Volapük-English, English-Volapük, New York: Charles E. Sprague; London: Trübner & Co., https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofvola00woodiala
Reading
- Okrent, Arika (17 Oct. 2012), Trüth, Beaüty, and Volapük, publicdomainreview.org, https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/truth-beauty-and-volapuk