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Vo⋅la⋅pük

  [voh-luh-pyk]
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–noun
one of the earliest of the artificially constructed international auxiliary languages, invented about 1879.
Also, Vol⋅a⋅puk  [vol-uh-pook, voh-luh-] .

Origin:
1880–85; vol, repr. world + -a- connecting vowel + pük, repr. speak

Related forms:
Vo⋅la⋅puk⋅ist, noun
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Vo·la·pük   (vō'lə-pŏŏk', -pük', vŏl'ə-)   
n.  An artificial international language based on English.

[Volapük : vola, genitive sing. of vol, world (alteration of English world) + pük, speech (alteration of English speech).]
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