On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Sebastian Fr=C3=B6jd <so.cool.ogi@gma= il.com> wrote:

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I'm not a linguist but I just won= der if it's really the way Pierre describes it: that the concept dialec= t is defined by the usage of different words for the same thing, not by the= phonetic differences? For example, swedish may sound quite different depen= ding on where in Sweden you are, due to the different swedish "dialect= s". Incidentally there are also some specific words for different swed= ish "dialects", which I've always regarded as a secondary cha= racteristic of dialects. I also wonder what the geographical ja cultural le= vel are in the definition of a dialect. Has any lujvo yet been defined for = the concept of dialect, sociolect and accent, respectively? Since gismu gen= erally has a very vague/broad semantic range, I think you could use zo &quo= t;bangu" even when speaking of different dialects/accents, right? So i= f you would like to explicit speak of languages (definition?), not dialects= nor something else, you'll need a lujvo specifically for that also, ri= ght?

However, I think it's a good thing that lojban is a bit flexible wi= th the pronounciation of phonemes. I think it makes sense to speak lojban w= ith different accents and melody. It also makes lojban easier to learn for = people of different cultural backgrounds. For example I like to pronounce &= quot;ng" in lojban nasal as in "sing", as long as you can he= ar the g in the end, and similar small variations depending on the phonetic= context.

And even if lojban has more restrictions than natlang, I think lojban w= ill develop quite different in different parts of the world as the communit= y grows. For example In which combinations of grammatical constructs, tanru= and attitudinals different social groups prefer.
The most important thing would still be to be able understand each other, r= ight?

mu'omi'e jongausib

Den fredagen den 6:e januari= 2012 skrev buro= q_mat@yahoo.co.uk<buroq_mat@yahoo.co.uk>:

> There is nothing wrong if you're serious, I am lojban-in-study, so=
> lojban is the logical human language.
>
> On 5 =D9=8A= =D9=86=D8=A7=D9=8A=D8=B1, 23:32, Matthew Walton <matthew.wal...@gmail.com> wro= te:
>> On 5 January 2012 21:02, vitci'i <celestialcognit...@gmail.com&g= t; wrote:
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>> > Dear Buroq Mat:
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