Ján Herkeľ (1786–1853) was a Slovak attorney and writer. Herkel was born at

Vavrečka Vavrečka ( hu, Vavrecska) is a village and municipality in Námestovo District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1600. Geography The municipality is at an altitude of ...

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

. He was the creator of Universalis Lingua Slavica, an early auxiliary language for

Slavs Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, main ...

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* 1826 - ''Elementa universalis linguae Slavicae'' Constructed language creators 1786 births 1853 deaths {{Slovakia-bio-stub