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n. - One of the first artificial language constructed for use as an auxiliary international language.

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  • Here is, at least, an avian "Volapuk," a universal language understanded by the freemasonry of mutual self-preservation.
  • "Teacher of Volapuk is the profession of the future."
  • Her other passion in life is her doctoral thesis on Volapuk, a lost language.
  • This code is not local, but has acquired an internationality which professors of Volapuk would be proud to claim for their language.
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