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Volapük definition

Vo·la·pük (vō′lə po̵ok′, väl′ə-)

noun

an invented language, devised (c. 1879) by German clergyman J. M. Schleyer (1831-1912), for proposed use as an international auxiliary language: it uses roots from the major European languages and has a complex morphology
also written Volapuk Vol′·a·puk′

Etymology: < Volapük vol, world (altered < world) + -a-, connective + pük, language (altered < speak)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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