The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-06-07

II 10 Really a univsrsaisxsd EnqIfsh
With a New Alphabet, New Numer-
iesl Additions and Series Of Mark
inss 10 Denote. Simply and Easily
Length Of voweis and Other Points.
"Veltlang'' is the name which has
been given 70 new language which
Professor Frederick J. Braendle. OIL
cial translator OF the United States
pension office, has invented. Professor
Bracndle describes his language, IA
the name Indicates, as world Ian
guage."
In point OF fact Il Is uniyersalized
English, but with new alphabet and
new numerical additions and a series
OF simply conceived marks 10 signify
the length OF yoYels and the combina.
lions OF consonants.
Professor Braendle Is llnguist OF re-
markable experience. His daily en-
ployment at the pension Office makes
necessary familiarity with not less
than sixteen modern languages. lie Is
proficient in and uses with equal facili-
~ eight languages.
Those at his instant command are
English, French. German, Italian,
Norwegian, Swedish. Dutch and Span
fish. Then. too, be speaks Portuguese.
But he does not consider that any par
ticular requirement
ut is practically Spanish, anyhow,
and not worth dIgnIfying as separate
language In cataloguing ones accom-
plishments," said Professor Braendle
No Oriental Pensioners.
In addition TO these tongues, Profess.
sor Braendle has Russian, bohemian,
Polish Turkish, Greek. Latin, Arabic
and Hebrew or Yiddish right at hand
for immediate use I'm the service OF the
pension Office. and, besides that. he un-
derstands and translates Chinese and
Japanese, although not I'm the line OF
his duty. for Uncle Sam has no Chit
nese or Japanese pensioners to give
the professor practice.
"Yetlang" is the development OF
years OF study, according TO its creator.
II Is not a made TO order language In
the same sense that Volapuk and Es-
peranto were worked UP from a series
OF selected words OF other languages
with certain notifications OF spelling
and the regularizlnc OF all verbs and
universally regular system OF declen-
slons for nouns and adjectlves.
''Neltlang' is n natural language, or
as nearly so as such thing can be
developed I'm single generation and
out OF one brain. This Is the way
Professor Braendle argues:
"Five thousand words constitute n
thoroughly workable knowledge OF any
language for commercial or ordinary
literary uses. When ] say this / mean
5000 basic words. One may get along
in any language with conversational
knowledge OF about / 800 words. but l
have assumed for actual uses that
5000 IS a reasonable equipment.
"In constructing 'Veltlang' have
taken 5000 OF the words right out OF
English. English Is today. II not the
most universally spoken. at least the
most broadly spoken language OF mod
ern times. 'Veltlang' is English with
its spelling altogether slmpllfied and
its grammar likewise. ! am already
carrying on correspondence with
friends whom have interested In the
view that Il Is the most remarkably
simple new language with which they
have ever been called upon 10 familiar.
ize themselves. After they have learn
ed the alphabet the rest is exceedingly
simple
only Twenty Letters.
"The alphabet which have invented
as the vehicle for 'yeltlang' consists OF
twenty letters, for which use In the
case OF ali vowels curvilinear charac-
ters and all the consonant sounds rec
tangular characters.
"Diphthongs and double vowels are
single characters which are. I'm reality,
combinations OF their original compo-
ncnts Q, w. Y. and u are In gen
eral practice eliminated in writing or
printing 'veltlang,' but there is ready
substitution for them IN the written
language through the combination OF
the used consonants.
"For example. Y is In reality KS,
and y IS in reality CS. and this Is
easily reproduced by using these con
sonants For the sake OF convenience,
however. include the equivalent char
acters FOR the eliminated letters. which
may be used II desired"
The new language may be readily ac-
quired by orientals. particularly the
Chinese and Japanese, whose written
language IS Geographic. In the course
or his work for the pension Office Pro-
fcssor Braendle has developed through
sort Of glorihed card index system
n universal dictionary.
His most daring feat In the mar
handling OF language has been the
construction OF n wholly new lexicon
system for the Chinese and Japanese
ideographs
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