On Oct 10, 4:13 pm, Bob LeChevalier <loj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "angell.ja...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <angell.ja...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >Btw, I have noticed that to my Hebriac-anglo ears Lojban sounds
> >similiar to Chinese...is there are reason for that?
>
> Probably because our word formation rules put a heavy weight on the
> Chinese cognates. This led to a lot of sibilants in syllable onset,
> and the letter "n" in non-final syllable ending. The final syllable
> of a word ends in a vowel except in names.
>
> >I still wonder at this point, even after picking Lojban, if maybe
> >there are things from Ido that could be incorporated into
> >Lojban...probably too late though.
>
> I'm not sure that I've ever heard of any feature of Ido that would be
> appropriate for Lojban. In any event, language inventor JCB was quite
> aware of the international language community when he started the
> language, and apparently chose explicitly to go a different direction.
>
> >And Lojban seems to be the best
> >all around language in existence from my perspective and from what I
> >know.
>
> I can only agree %^)
>
> lojbab
BTW, I'm researching this with all my free time right now (I'm a
little bit OCD) and I discovered that Loglan was invented where I
currently reside...which makes me wonder if I learn Lojban and then
start putting up flyers to teach it if the Logbanists from the
University of Florida are going to kidnap me, tie me up, and convince
me that Loglan is better even though no one can actually converse in
it :)
I'm thinking of making a CD for myself with all the present base roots
on it for myself to listen to in the car (I drive a lot with my
work)...I take it that is I make said CD an .iso would be appreciated
by the community to put on the site???
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