Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20
vOLAPUK.
sps, ana CharAoses OF the
s6MSve Wof1a AanguAHe."

Il
2 ssNsve We&la AanguA.e.''
This oabnistic word is not part Of
= Indian mediaine mans incanta.
Ton, = We might on FIRST hearing it
.euupose, but the name Of new Ian
enaes, and, - the word really signi-
1es, Z world Language. No nation
ever spoke Volapuk, no one ever
made love or q Fourth Of July Grafton
In Volapuk. It is creation, no.
uunculus. y scientifically constructed
husinees Language. Whether 1t will
live and make for itself place among
t. natural born competitors remains
to be seen.
Anout ten years ago Johann Martin
ochleyer, then priest OF the Catnoilc
church, now retired and living at Con-
stance, Germany, published scheme
of { universal language, especially
adapted for commerce and interna-
tional communication, which was
briefly As follows:
1, The word forms should be de-
rived from the simplest and most ex-
ureasive roots of the different living
languages.
feotly regular--the adjecti Q, adverb
and verb should be regularly formed
from the substantive and invariably
q the same termination. There should
be enc declension and one conluga,
tion, and there should be no artificial
sender. In q word, it should be per-
fect language, selecting the best from
each existing Language, and rejecting
the useless. irregular and difficult.
In accordance with this plan Schley-
Or and those associated with him
have constructed Volapuk.
In order to give better idea OF this
"world language" we will take the
word mat" meaning nature, and
trace It through }, me Of its gramm att
cal forms First its declension-Nat,
nata, nate, natl; meaning nature, OF
nature, to nature, nature laccusa-
tive). To form the adjective TX" Is
added, and we have ''natik" lna-
tural). To form the adverb 30" is
added to the adjective form
'snatiko" (naturally). Every Volapuk
noun, whose meaning permits. is sus-
ceutible If the changes. Comparison
Of adjectives j. effected by adding the
ending '.um" for the comparative and
'sun' for the superlative-jonik, ]o-
nikum, ionikun, (fair, fairer, faire>D.
Tho numerals run easily Oft the
tonaue-bal, tel, xii, fol. lul, NAL, vel,
III. sul, balls (1O), kills (20) etc. The
1afsonal pronouns keep the same
same vowels throughout, as follows:
Oh ~ /, ol (thou), ON Chez, or (she),
o. (it), on Zone, they, people, men,
etc.). To form the positive pronouns
the adjective ending is affixed, as
stob,k," meaning my.
The conjngation Of the verb Is a
marvel of simplicity. The verb from
Il compoeed of three parts: !. The
root; 3. the personal ending; 8. the
tense prefix. Taking the old familiar
verb s'loye," we proceed as follows:
1ofob love.
80 lofol You love.
lofom He loves.
Plural--lofobs We love.
To conjugate the different lenses:
1ofob loved.
olofol Thou hast loved.
ilofom He had loved.
olofof She will love.
ulofos 1t will have loved.
The passive voice is formed by the
further prefxing of the consonant
''p." Is polofof, she will he loved.
Take even 20 highly complicated a
form as eve shall have been highly
honored pin Volapuk one would say
simply "Pulestimobs
So simple is this wonderful language
. In structure, and so familiar are its
roots, that it is easily and quickly
acquired. Already it has gained wide
favor upon the Continent, and is rap
idly proving its practical usefulness.
In, many business houses in Paris
placard bearing the word ''Vola-
pukon" (here they speak Volapuk),
Il displayed, while its professors and
teachers are numerous and enthusi-
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