Arie de Jong

Arie de Jong

Arie de Jong (Dutch: [ˈaːri də ˈjɔŋ]; October 18, 1865, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies – October 12, 1958, Putten, Netherlands) 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. He not only revised Volapük, but also (together with other Volapükist contemporaries) began Volapükaklub Valemik Nedänik (Dutch Universal Volapük Club) and founded Diläd valemik Feda Volapükaklubas. He also founded and edited Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, an independent newspaper in Volapük, which ran for thirty-one years (1932–1963). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arie de Jong has received more than 21,079 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Arie de Jong is the 116th most popular linguist (down from 106th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 38th in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Linguist.