Date:         Mon, 26 Oct 1998 23:44:31 -0600
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.ui coi rodo

I've recently updated the translation page and added a 'combined
frequency' list. I took the file 'frequencies' from the ftp site and
collated the gismu, cmavo, lujvo, etc. categories together. Then I
sorted the whole list and put the data on my web page. In addition, I
made a wordlist of the 302 most common words (with a textual count
>=90) in a vaiety of formats. This is mainly to assist those learning
Lojban (including me :-) so that we can focus on memorizing the most
common words. It would also be helpful for textbook developers, who
could focus on teaching the most common words first.

It is also interesting to look at the complete frequency list, some
11000+ entries. First the cmavo dominate, giving way to gismu, giving
way to simple lujvo, complex, etc. It is the exact kind of Ziph cure a
natural language would have---it is a testimony to the usability and
linguistic efficiency of Lojban. It is also an aid at examing the
potential creation of gismu from frequent lujvo, creating new cmavo
for very frequent cmavo combinations (such as 'lenu'), etc. Of course
the list itself will become more accurate with time as more texts are
added and analyzed, especially when diverse textual material such as
scientific and journalistic texts are added in quantity.

co'omi'e djan.

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