Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:08:58 -0500 (EST) with NJE id 1344 for CONLANG@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 07:36:38 -0500 ; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 07:37:18 -0500 (EST) -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <199712161238.HAA29295@access2.digex.net> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 07:38:17 -0500 Reply-To: Constructed Languages List Sender: Constructed Languages List From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: The CONLANG cheat-sheet To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1371 X-From-Space-Date: Tue Dec 16 08:08:59 1997 X-From-Space-Address: owner-conlang@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU John Cowan cusku:>> Is lojban an auxlang? > >Probably not, in the sense that Esperanto, Ido, Interlingua, etc. >are: languages designed primarily for communication between people >who have different native languages. Lojban has been *used* as >an IAL, certainly; some people think it would make a good IAL; >AFAIK, nobody thinks it should be *the* IAL. There are some people, but I would have trouble remembering names, since this is not often talked about. There are a couple of people who feel that if there is to be an IAL, it would have to be something culturally neutral in the manner that Lojban tries to be, and perhaps something logical as well. The late Faith Rich, a long-time supporter of the Loglan Project is the best example I can think of. She died in her 80s around half a dozen years ago, but her sole interest in Loglan (and Lojban) seemed to be in its IAL potential (and she favored a single IAL). lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@access.digex.net Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: ftp.access.digex.net /pub/access/lojbab or see Lojban WWW Server: href="http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/" Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.