Cifal
Cifal (pronunciation: Tschifal , composed of the roots for boss and volunteer ) is the highest-ranking representative of the Volapük movement.
Johann Martin Schleyer was the first cifal. Schleyer also had the title Datuval (literally: honorary inventor ). In 1889 he dismissed the International Volapük Academy as a whole ; its members dismissed Schleyer as chairman. At that time there was a split in the Volapük movement.
Some of the supporters followed Schleyer. Before his death he passed the title on to Albert Sleumer . The duties and rights of the Cifal were established by Sleumer in 1934.
The Nazis persecuted the remaining Volapükisten during World War II , but survived v Yiddish. a. among Esperantists who did not let Volapük become extinct. Arie de Jong no longer suggested Volapük as a world auxiliary language, but rather saw it as a cultural asset to be protected.
The Cifal title has been passed on without interruption to this day:
- Johann Martin Schleyer 1879–1912
- Albert Sleumer 1912-1948
- Jakob Sprenger 1948–1950
- Johann Schmidt 1950–1977
- Johann Krüger 1977–1983
- Brian R. Bishop 1984-2014
- Hermann Philipps since 2014
Footnotes
- ↑ Brian Bishop: Volapuko havas Novan Cifal! . In: La Balta Ondo , May 29, 2014 , or printed: Brian Bishop: Volapuko havas novan Cifal! . In: La Ondo de Esperanto , 2014/6.
- ↑ About the nomination of the German Hermann Philipps.
- ↑ Interview with the Cifal Volapüka Hermann Philipps , Interlinguistische Informations, No. 93, page 34
Web links
- Cifals Volapükas (in Volapük and English)