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Volapük
[ voh-luh-pyk ]
noun
- one of the earliest of the artificially constructed international auxiliary languages, invented about 1879.
Volapuk
/ ˈvɒləˌpʊk /
noun
- an artificial language based on English, French, German, Latin, etc, invented by Johann Schleyer (1831–1912) in 1880
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- Vola·pukist noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Volapük1
C19: from vol, based on world + euphonic -a- + pük speech, based on speak
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