VolapUk is a constructed language, devised in 1879 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest who was inspired in a dream to create an international language. Schleyer adapted the vocabulary of VolapUk mostly from English, supplemented by German, French. and Latin. The grammar of VolapUk is regular and relatively simple-surprisingly easier, in fact, than it looks at first. VolapUk was the first proposed International Auxiliary Language to enjoy widespread popularity: it is estimated that in 1889, there were some 283 clubs, 25 periodicals in or about VolapUk, and 316 textbooks in 25...