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Volapük

constructed international auxiliary language
Place constructed_language Q36986
Volapük
J.M.Schleyer (in 1881); adapted (in 1931) by A. de Jong. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Volapük is a constructed language[1]. Volapük ranks in the top 7% of constructed language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,930 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Johann Martin Schleyer[3]
  • Instance of: international auxiliary language[4], planned language[5]
  • Flag: flag of Volapük[6]
  • Writing system: Latin script[7]
  • Commons category: Volapük[8]
  • Wikimedia language code: vo[9]
  • Inception: 1879[10], 1880[11]
  • Publication date: 1931[12]
  • Official website: https://volapük.com[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Volapük[14]
  • Commons gallery: Volapük[15]
  • Described at URL: https://database.conlang.org/view/?conlang=668[16], http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/index.php?page=languages&id=68[17], https://cals.info/language/volapuk/[18], https://langmaker.github.io/db/mdl_volapuk.htm[19]
  • Language regulatory body: International Volapük Academy[20]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 20[21]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], The New Student's Reference Work[26]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://conlang.stackexchange.com/tags/volapuk[27]
  • Native label: Volapük nulik[28], Volapük[29]
  • Female form of label: la langue volapük[30]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/VOL[31], http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133127850[32]
  • Practiced by: volapükologist[33]
  • Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[34], free-order language[35], nominative–accusative language[36], agglutinative language[37]
  • Related category: Category:Volapukidos[38]

Why It Matters

Volapük has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Volapük is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Johann Martin Schleyer L. L. Zamenhof

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . villagevoice.com. villagevoice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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