Brian Reynold Bishop
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Brian Reynold Bishop is the current Cifal
(Chief) of the Volapük
speakers community and president of the Volapük
Academy.
Brian Bishop was interested in languages since childhood. After having studied French, Spanish and Latin (he later supported the Latinitas Viva or Living Latin movement), he came into contact with auxiliary languages like Esperanto
and Volapük
. He started a long correspondence with Arie de Jong
, the reformer of the Volapük language, and with the previous cifals Johann Schmidt and F. J. Krüger. He learned Volapük and became a subscriber and contributor to the Volapükagased: Zänagased pro Volapükanef -- Volapük Journal: Central Journal for the Volapükists, where he published several of his translations. In 1979, at the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the creation of Volapük, Brian Bishop wrote to a number of newspapers and radio stations to mention the fact, which led to some attention being given to it. Encouraged by the ensuing interest, he created the Zänabür Volapüka (Volapük Central Office) where he collected many Volapük memorabilia (mostly from F. J. Krüger's the collection). In 1981, he became vice-Cifal (via an edict by Cifal Krüger on Oct. 13th, 1981), and two years later Cifal (via an edict by Cifal Krüger on Jan. 1st, 1984).
Currently, Brian Bishop is involved in the reorganization of the Kadäm Volapüka (Academy of Volapük) and of the Volapük Movement, for which he published new statutes. Its first official activities started in 2007. He is also a participant in the Volapük discussion group which unites most present-day Volapükists.
Cifal
Cifal is the leader of the Volapük movement...
(Chief) of the Volapük
Volapük
Volapük is a constructed language, created in 1879–1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest in Baden, Germany. Schleyer felt that God had told him in a dream to create an international language. Volapük conventions took place in 1884 , 1887 and 1889 . The first two conventions used...
speakers community and president of the Volapük
Volapük
Volapük is a constructed language, created in 1879–1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest in Baden, Germany. Schleyer felt that God had told him in a dream to create an international language. Volapük conventions took place in 1884 , 1887 and 1889 . The first two conventions used...
Academy.
Brian Bishop was interested in languages since childhood. After having studied French, Spanish and Latin (he later supported the Latinitas Viva or Living Latin movement), he came into contact with auxiliary languages like Esperanto
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
and Volapük
Volapük
Volapük is a constructed language, created in 1879–1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest in Baden, Germany. Schleyer felt that God had told him in a dream to create an international language. Volapük conventions took place in 1884 , 1887 and 1889 . The first two conventions used...
. He started a long correspondence with Arie de Jong
Arie de Jong
Doctor Arie de Jong was a Dutch enthusiast and reformer of the constructed language Volapük by Johann Martin Schleyer, with whose help the Volapük movement gained new strength in the Netherlands...
, the reformer of the Volapük language, and with the previous cifals Johann Schmidt and F. J. Krüger. He learned Volapük and became a subscriber and contributor to the Volapükagased: Zänagased pro Volapükanef -- Volapük Journal: Central Journal for the Volapükists, where he published several of his translations. In 1979, at the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the creation of Volapük, Brian Bishop wrote to a number of newspapers and radio stations to mention the fact, which led to some attention being given to it. Encouraged by the ensuing interest, he created the Zänabür Volapüka (Volapük Central Office) where he collected many Volapük memorabilia (mostly from F. J. Krüger's the collection). In 1981, he became vice-Cifal (via an edict by Cifal Krüger on Oct. 13th, 1981), and two years later Cifal (via an edict by Cifal Krüger on Jan. 1st, 1984).
Currently, Brian Bishop is involved in the reorganization of the Kadäm Volapüka (Academy of Volapük) and of the Volapük Movement, for which he published new statutes. Its first official activities started in 2007. He is also a participant in the Volapük discussion group which unites most present-day Volapükists.
External links
- List of Cifal edicts, including those by Brian Bishop .
- Brian Bishop's new statutes for the Volapük Movement and the Academy .
- Some of Brian Bishop's translations into Volapük (from the Volapük Wikisource).