Author: Charles Ezra Sprague

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-23

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780365467410

Excerpt from Hand-Book of Volapük This world-language was invented and first published in 1879 by johann martin schleyer, a German, and a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, who had become a very accomplished linguist. The system is entirely his production, and has not been modified in any essential point. His aim was, first, to produce a language capable of expressing thought with the greatest clearness and accuracy second, to make its acquisition as easy as possible to the greatest number of human beings. He resolved to seek these ends by observing the processes of the many languages with which he was acquainted following them as models wherever they are clear, accurate and simple, but avoiding their faults, obscurities and difficulties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.