User:IJzeren Jan

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nl Deze gebruiker spreekt Nederlands als moedertaal.
pl-4 Ten użytkownik posługuje się językiem polskim prawie jak językiem ojczystym.
en-4 This user speaks English at a near-native level.
Wdk-3 Ił wcielzatórz pocie kotrzybytar en lęgwie wenedczej sur niwiół owęcaty i przeście włydy.
de-3 Dieser Benutzer hat sehr gute Deutschkenntnisse.
fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.
la-2 Hic utilisator media latinitate contribuere potest.
ru-2 Этот участник неплохо знает русский язык.
af-2 Hierdie gebruiker het 'n gemiddelde begrip van Afrikaans.
pap-2 This user is able to communicate with parrots on a moderate level.
uk-1 Користувач може робити внесок українською мовою на початковому рівні.
grc-1 Ὅδε ὁ χρήστης δύναται συνεισφέρειν ὀλίγῃ γνώσει τῆς ἀρχαίας ἑλληνικῆς.
vo-1 At pösod bapiko pükon Volapüki.
... This user would like to be able to speak some more languages.
Orange ribbon, symbol of solidarity with the democratic movement in Ukraine

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Welcome!

I'm not a person who likes talking about himself, so I will limit myself to the necessary. My real name is Jan van Steenbergen, I was born on June 3, 1970 (on the same day when Hjalmar Schacht died), and I live in Zaandam, near Amsterdam. Educated as a specialist on Eastern Europe, mainly Poland, I've worked as a journalist, as a translator, and (currently) as a software engeneer in a bank. My main interests are: Poland and Ukraine; language, particularly constructed languages; Classical music; history. I am mostly active in the Dutch Wikipedia, under user name IJzeren Jan. Here I will probably mostly be dealing with interwiki links, and perhaps small modifications of existing articles. Also, I might dig up interesting stuff to translate into Dutch or Polish.

My user name, IJzeren Jan literally means Iron Jan. How so? Well, during my student years I used to play computer games from time to time, and "IJzeren Jan" was one of my favourite nicknames I used in highscores. Later I almost automatically used it in my e-mail address, and now as my Wikipedia user name. Only much later I learnt that IJzeren Jan was also the nickname of my famous countryman Jan Pieterszoon Coen, who also happens to be the symbol of my native town Hoorn.

I am the author of several constructed languages, one of which, Wenedyk, is listed in the English wiki. This language is featured in forth-coming fiction related to another wikified subject I am personally involved in: Ill Bethisad. More about this and other things can be found on my home page, http://steen.free.fr/ .


Best regards,

Jan



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Logo of the Volapük movement (2nd phase)

Volapük (pronounced [volaˈpyk], or IPA: /ˈvɒləpʊk/ in English) 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 (Friedrichshafen), 1887 (Munich), and 1889 (Paris). The first two conventions used German, and the last conference used only Volapük. In 1889, there were an estimated 283 clubs, 25 periodicals in or about Volapük, and 316 textbooks in 25 languages. Today there are an estimated 20-30 Volapük speakers in the world. Volapük was largely displaced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by simpler and more easily-learned languages, such as Esperanto and Latino Sine Flexione. Find out more...