Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-16
THE WORLD LANGUAGE.
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech Translated
BY q Washingtouiau into Nolapuk.

those monosyllabic root-words which were
known 10 the greatest number of civilized per-
sons, and then. BY the use of . system of pre-
fixes and suftixes not in use by any people to
meet the prejudices of any nation or class, to
den ationaliZe the language, and provide a
highly inhectional cosmopolitan language with
a great wealth of root-words; a language SO
easily acquired that the necessary attention FOR
this purpose becomes a pastiine instead OF
drudgery. a language which should be system
attic and capable of expressing in unmlstaksble
terms any shade Of meaning Of which the hu-
man mind is capable.
"English-speaking people arc quite migrate
full when they voice a note of disparagement or
of harsh criticism of Volapuk, for IL is not only
nearly as much to their interest 10 have this
language adopted generally az il would be 20
have the English language occupy that
place, but it is much better for the whole
world than English could be. Before mt
lies article in Volapuk on the
necessity of isolating sick persons, written by
the director of large general hospital in
Vienna. This article proves beyond the perad-
venture of a doubt the adaptability of the
language to scientific well commercial
purposes. and completely refutes the criticisms
of those who have alleged that il was not SO
| adaptable. Ia illustration of the fact
that, whether consciously or not, the language
has been built up in Difference 10 the millions
OF Engllsh-speaking people, ii Is sufficient 20
say that when such familiarity with the gram
!
one TO readily isolate the root-syllable or sylla-
bles, most of the words met with would be rec
ogniZed by an educated English-speakiug per-
son, either by the appearance of the word. or
10y the sound of the root. correctly pronounced
Nolapuk Is not a crudity-a toy-it provides a
vocabulary sufficient for the necessities
of most people. 1t is held that this
language is better medium than any other
for the expression of human thought. The
almost Incredible precision of the language.
n "a rd-f0 bn,r
unequivocal Specification furnish the tools with
which the mind may fashion sentences which
shall not only be Ineligible to the immediate
auditors but be as distinctly and Enthusiastically
! Ineligible to person in the uttermost parts
| of the earth, by whose intellection the logo
| gram would be interpreted in accordance with
their intellectual development. This boon
| to mankind is the unselfsh production of one
who 1t is hoped may live TO feel the gratitude
craven on the hearts of those who are to profit
by his labors and see il in the beautiful in
! scriptiOn in the Golden Book of humanity.
npon whose pages he has richly earned place
by his free gift to the world of this great vic
tory OF peace, forging a bond to link the hearts
or the sons Of men into a grand chain of
union"
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH IN voLAPuK.
As literary curiosity and for a better COM
parison Of the two languages a yoiapuk trans
laton of Lncoln's Gettysburg speech. made by
Washingtonian. in which the English words
! Cor phrases) are placed under the correspond
ing Nolapuk words will be of interest.
Pukat de Lincoln Abraham, Bisiedal de
Speech of Lincoln Abraham President of the
Pebaltats, ap,ikatol 1863, babul l9id.
United States, delivered 1868, November 18th,
potu kosek sepopa militik
upon the dedication of the cemetery military
| In Cattvsburo nIad ,,oo oIa.;l,
at Gettysburg, the place of battle great
du volutaklig. (NIelopans
during the war of the rebellion. (Americans
cedoms gido pukat at as lesamal
consider rightly speech this as a masterpiece
de pukof.)
of eIoquence)
BIZ yels folns tells vel fats obas
Ago years four score and seven fathers our
dsublinoms su taladil at muliki nett.
brought forth on continent this a new nation,
! pedatikOl in lib pekosekol al
conceived in liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created
| leigik.
! equal
| M binobs komipol in sifaklig. gletik.
Now We are engaged in civil war great,
blufol va let net, I'D anik net
testing whether that nation, or any nation
votik so pedatikol so pekosekol, kanom
other SO conceived and SO dedicated, can
lonedo dulon.
long endure.
Binobs akokomol su pugafel de let
We are met battlefield of that
war. We are met to dedicate part of
ON as takedaplad fink utas kels is
1t as resting place final of those who here
agivoms lifts omas dat let net dalom lifon.
gave lives their that that nation may live.
| Binos loliko lepotik gidik das
1t is altogether fitting and proper that
sotobs dunon atosi. Alb in siam gletikum,
obs no kanon kesekon, obs no kanon
we not can dedicate, We not can
kosekon, obs no kanon sanukOn gluni
| consecrate, We not can hallow ground
at. Mems lanimalk, lifols ed edeilols,
this. The men brave, living and dead,
kes dtopOl is ekosekoms omi fagik
who struggled here have consecrated it far
owe nam obas al ldgivon I'D al desumon.
over power our to add or to detract.
Vol oloegom nemodo, nj omemom
The world will note little, nor remember
lonedo, kelosi obs sagobs-la is, alb kanom
long, what We may say here, but it can
nevelo fogeton kelosi oms adunoms is.
! never forget what they did here.
Binos pie obs, lifols. bufum al binon
tits for us, the living, rather to be
dkosekol is all vob nepefnol, kelosi
dedicated here to the work unfinished, that
oms SO fagik edukoms so nobiko.
they thus far have carried ON 80 nobly.
Bnos bufum pie obs is al hnon
1t is rather for us here TO be
okosekol al sugivot gletik blibol bifa
dedicated to the task great remaining before
obs, das de ats edeilols pdstimol obs
us, that from these dead honored We
sumon devoid pamodol al kudadin ct
take devotion increased to cause that
plo kelos oms is agivoms latikuni
for which they here gave last
mai fulik devoda; das obs is geiliko
measure full OF devotion; that We here highly