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VOLAPUK
Volapuk
(noun) one of the first artificial language constructed for use as an auxiliary international language; based largely on English but with some German and French and Latin roots
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Vol`a*pĂĽk", n
Definition: Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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