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la .ianek. cu cusku di'e
> vu tagda ri la cangu xo finda'a i te zu janvi ke vi'e matni ni blaxadju
>
> How does it not sound like Lojban?

It very much does.

But what does Lojban sound like to someone who doesn't know it?

It would be interesting to get someone without any prior knowledge of 
Lojban to give their impression of it. One could play some audio to them 
and then ask them to imitate it afterwards. I'm fairly confident that 
they would produce something slightly less close to Lojban than the 
thing you wrote. (I've heard some people say some very negative things 
about how Lojban sounds, so those would likely butcher it on purpose).

Virtually anyone could try this experiment at home, as it shouldn't be 
hard to find people who don't know Lojban.

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

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