Concept information
Preferred term
volVolapük
Type
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language
Definition
- Volapük (pronounced , , also Volapuk) is a constructed language, created in 1879–1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest in Baden, Germany. Schleyer felt that God had told him in a dream to create an international language. Volapük conventions took place in 1884 (Friedrichshafen), 1887 (Munich) and 1889 (Paris). The first two conventions used German, and the last conference used only Volapük. In 1889, there were an estimated 283 clubs, 25 periodicals in or about Volapük, and 316 textbooks in 25 languages. In 2000, it was estimated that there were 20–30 Volapük speakers in the world; As of October 2011, the Volapük Wikipedia had the 35th highest count of Wikipedia articles with approximately articles. Volapük was largely displaced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, specifically by Esperanto, Ido and Interlingua; all three have fewer distinct vowels, and are easier for English and Spanish speakers to pronounce.
is focus of
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- vol
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- vol
ISO 639-1 code
- vo
ISO 639-3 code
- vol
In other languages
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Volapük
Afrikaans
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ቮላፑክኛ
Amharic
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ቮላፒውክ
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فولابوك
Arabic
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Volapük
Aragonese
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Volapük
Azerbaijani
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volapük dili
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ভোলাপুক
Bangla
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Volapük
Basque
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Wolapük
Bavarian
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валапюк
Belarusian
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Валапюк
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ቮላፑክኛ
Blin
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वोलापोक
Bodo
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волапук
Bosnian
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volapük
Breton
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волапюк
Bulgarian
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Волапюк
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volapük
Catalan
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Volapük
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Volapyukhoyn mott
Chechen
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沃拉普克语
Chinese
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Volapük tili
Crimean Turkish
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volapük
Croatian
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Volapük
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volapuk
Czech
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Volapük
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volapyk
Danish
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Volapyk
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Volapük
Dutch
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volapuko
Esperanto
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Volapuko
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Volapük
Estonian
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volapüki
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Finnish
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Volapük
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volapuk
French
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volapük
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Volapük
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Volapük
German
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Βόλαπικ
Greek
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Βολαπιούκ
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વોલાપુક
Gujarati
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וולאפיק
Hebrew
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וולאפיק
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वोलापुक
Hindi
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volapük
Hungarian
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Volapük nyelv
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volapyk
Icelandic
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Volapük
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Volapük
Ido
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Volapuk
Indonesian
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Bahasa Volapük
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Volapük
Interlingua
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Volapük
Interlingue
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Volapük
Irish
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volapük
Italian
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Volapük
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ヴォラピュク
Japanese
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ヴォラピュク語
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ವೋಲಾಪುಕ್
Kannada
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وولَپُک
Kashmiri
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Волапюк
Kazakh
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볼라퓌크
Korean
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볼라퓌크어
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Volapük
Kurdish
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ໂວລາພັກ
Lao
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Volapük
Latin
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volapiks
Latvian
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Volapiks
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Volapük
Limburgish
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volapiuk
Lithuanian
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Volapiukas
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volapuk
Lojban
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Volapük
Low German
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Волапик
Macedonian
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волапјок
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Fiteny volapoky
Malagasy
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Volapük
Malay
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വോളാപുക്
Malayalam
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Volapuk
Maltese
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ओलापुक
Marathi
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ولاپوک
Mazanderani
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Volapük
Nauru
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Volapük
Norwegian
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volapyk
Norwegian Bokmål
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volapyk
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Volapük
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Volapük
Novial
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Volapük
Occitan
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ବୋଲାପୁକ
Odia
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ولاپوک
Persian
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زبان ولاپوک
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Lenga volapük
Piedmontese
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volapuk
Polish
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Volapük
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volapuque
Portuguese
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Volapuque
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volapuk
Romanian
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Volapük
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volapuk
Romansh
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Volapük
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волапюк
Russian
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Волапюк
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Volapük
Scottish Gaelic
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Volapük
Serbian
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Volapik
Serbo-Croatian
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volapük
Slovak
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Volapük
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volapuk
Slovenian
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Volapik
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volapük
Spanish
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Volapük
-
Swedish
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Volapük
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Volapük
Swiss German
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ஒலாபூக்
Tamil
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வோலாபுக்கு மொழி
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వోలాపుక్
Telugu
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โวลาพึค
Thai
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ภาษาโวลาปุก
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ቮላፑክኛ
Tigre
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Volapük
Turkish
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Волапюк
Ukrainian
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волап’юк
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Volapük
Vietnamese
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Tiếng Volapük
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Volapük
Volapük
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Volapük perevidöl
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Volapük
Welsh
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Folapúk
Western Frisian
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/vol
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