Language code: vo

Technical information about ISO 639 language code vo

The table below provides technical details for the Volapük language, designated by the vo code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

vo

Name

Official

Volapük

Native

Volapük

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
EsperantoIdoInterlinguaNovial
Key facts
Constructed in 1879–1880 by Johann Martin SchleyerThe name comes from vol (“world”) + pük (“language/speech”)It was the first planned international auxiliary language to attract a sizeable movement, preceding EsperantoGrammar is highly regular and agglutinative, featuring umlauted vowels (ä, ö, ü) and a system of verb endings that mark personToday only a small community of enthusiasts remains, but the language still has books, periodicals, and an active Volapük edition of Wikipedia.
Sample phrase

Alö, hu binol?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

Volapük is a constructed language developed between 1879 and 1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Catholic priest from Baden, Germany. It is written using the Latin script. While Volapük enjoyed a period of popularity in the late 19th century, its use has significantly declined over the years. Today, it is primarily studied and maintained by a small group of language enthusiasts rather than being in widespread daily use.

Language presence globally

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Volapük speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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