provide a ready and accurate means for their formation. In this, as in the representation of the vowels, lie great aids to speed and legibility, and great difficulties to construction.
And, last, the system ought to be capable of being set up in type, and should have an appropriate nomenclature
To conclude, while the systems extant, or any one of those projected may be considered by some Vpans equal at the present time to the work required, it seems to the writer that unless they are made to conform to the principles herein indicated, they cannot become permanently useful. To avoid the possibility of future conflict between rival systems, this subject ought to receive the consideration of the Academy.
At its inception Phonography raised high expectations, of general utility, and it was the hope of many enthusiasts that the system would in time supplant the ordinary mode of writing. Will in a broader sense such a hope ever be realized through a Volapük stenography?
No. 1.–
Menade bal; püki bal.
Poed binom pab su flol menada.
No. 2.–
Gudikums; gletikün; pi-elabol; li-olabom.
No. 3.–
Stenogaf binom kan kel tidom penön in tüp üno blefik e in spod üno smalik.
Vofapük, -ik, -el, -ön, -atidel, -aplofed.