Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tJJyW-0000ZUC; Sat, 25 Nov 95 14:45 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id AE0051DB ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 13:45:00 +0100 Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 07:43:33 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: serving the needs of Lojban learners X-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 791 Lines: 16 >Also, I propose to use a more scientific approach to select the >"Basic Lojban" vocabulary: use the most frequent 400 gismu from the Lojban >text that has appeared on the list so far (this should be enough to give good >statistics) and the same for cmavo, although perhaps prune this one a >bit for systematicity. Well, the LogFlash version of the gismu list DOES havwe the words in frequency order. And likewise the LogFlash cmavo list attemots to match the order, but with a little more systematicity of selma'o grouping (i.e. learning lei and loi together even though one is used far more than the other.) The data used to make the orders is old, and Nora can probably to a quicky program to update it for the texts I have in the archive, (which is only up to around l8/94). lojbab