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Paul Steiner

German volapükist and inventor of Pasilingua

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Paul Steiner was a linguist and volapükist.

Paul Steiner was a volapükist from Nuremberg, Germany (although some other sources claim that he was a high school teacher in Saverne. He was active in the Volapük movement, but at one point quit and in 1885 created his own constructed language, Pasilingua.

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Also known as
Peter Steiner

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German volapükist and inventor of Pasilingua

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Paul Steiner was a linguist and volapükist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Paul Steiner

· Wikidata: Q7153789

· DBpedia: Paul Steiner (language creator)

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