Volapük
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Volapük is a constructed language created in 1879 and 1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest in Baden, Germany. Notable as the first major constructed international auxiliary language
Johann Martin Schleyer, the creator of Volapük
Commemorative inscription for J. M. Schleyer on the wall of the parsonage in Litzelstetten, Konstanz, written in Volapük and German: Menade bal – püki bal Eine Menschheit – eine Sprache (One mankind – one language)
Johann Martin Schleyer
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Johann Martin Schleyer was a German Catholic priest who invented the constructed language Volapük. His official name was "Martin Schleyer"; he added the name "Johann" unofficially.
Volapük
…Volapük (English: ; Volapük: , 'Language of the World', or lit. 'World Speak') is a constructed language created in 1879 and 1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest in Baden, Germany. Notable as the first major constructed international auxiliary language, it primarily drew from Germanic…
Schleyer in 1908
Grave of Johann Martin Schleyer, Main cemetery of Konstanz, Germany
Hauptfriedhof Konstanz, Germany (main cemetery), Riesenbergweg. Grave of Johann Martin Schleyer, inscription. Area 12, Row 11 in the north eastern part of the cemetery.