From simple_language@yahoo.com Sat Oct 09 14:11:42 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: simple_language@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 90848 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2004 21:11:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 9 Oct 2004 21:11:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n1a.bulk.scd.yahoo.com) (66.94.237.35) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 9 Oct 2004 21:11:42 -0000 Received: from [66.218.69.5] by n1.bulk.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 09 Oct 2004 21:11:41 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.191] by mailer5.bulk.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 09 Oct 2004 21:11:39 -0000 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 21:11:39 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Length: 700 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-compose X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 66.94.237.35 From: "simple_language" X-Originating-IP: 193.192.160.245 Subject: Lojban + Ygyde = perfect conlang? X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=201251826 X-Yahoo-Profile: simple_language X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 23104 Lojban has very logical grammar but its root words are not good -- they are too long (5 letters), difficult to pronounce (consonant clusters), and difficult to remember (1350 roots + short forms called rafsi). Ygyde has only 180 two-letter long root words and a sophisticated way of combining them into short, easy to pronounce and understand compound words. Its grammar, however, is too simplistic. It seems that a perfect conlang can be made by combining Lojban's grammar with Ygyde's root words. Ygyde basics: http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyde.htm Dictionary: http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyded.htm Grammar: http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygydeg.htm