Diary of a Lojbanist, Part 2

[fiat_knox]

So why Lojban? And wtf is Lojban anyway?

The following explanation comes from the Lojban Home Page:-

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What Is Lojban?

Lojban is a carefully constructed spoken language designed in the hope of removing a large portion of the ambiguity from human communication. It was made well-known by a Scientific American article and references in both science fiction and computer publications. Lojban has been built over five decades by dozens of workers and hundreds of supporters.

While there are many artificial languages, Lojban has a number of features which make it unique:

* Lojban is designed to be used by people in communication with each other, and possibly in the future with computers.
* Lojban is designed to be culturally neutral.
* Lojban grammar is based on the principles of logic.
* Lojban has an unambiguous grammar.
* Lojban has phonetic spelling, and unambiguous resolution of sounds into words.
* Lojban is simple compared to natural languages; it is easy to learn.
* Lojban's 1300 root words can be easily combined to form a vocabulary of millions of words.
* Lojban is regular; the rules of the language are without exception.
* Lojban attempts to remove restrictions on creative and clear thought and communication.
* Lojban has a variety of uses, ranging from the creative to the scientific, from the theoretical to the practical.

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Can't argue with that.

Here's a phrase of Lojban to whet the appetite. It's an imperative command:-

e'osai ko sarji la lojban.

Pronounced "eHOsai koh SARzhee lah LOZHban," it means "Please support Lojban."

Comments

[azraelthe7th.livejournal.com]

I admit that XKCD has made me give Lobjan a glimpse, but I can't seem to wrap my head around actually learning it.

No worries

[fiat-knox.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm here for. Call it a trial run. If I like it, you'll see my progress towards mastery (or towards whatever terminus where I decide I want to get off) and if it seems like fun, it'll be up to you and everyone else to choose whether to join in or not.

:D