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*pük", 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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THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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