[lojban-beginners] On Constructed Languages

[Naomi K <alien.juxtaposition@gmail.com>]

Heyaz
Excuse me if I sound n00bish but only since my learning of Lojban have
I taken notice of the wonderful world of contructed
languages....Esperanto, Ido, Glosa, Novial etc........ I am frankly amazed at the
amount of languages; it really is fascinating, although I am not
what I would consider a 'hardcore' linguist or anything of the kind. What do you Lojbanists
think of the other artificial languages? What made you get into Lojban,
not the easier, more mainstream Esperanto? Do any of you speak in other
constructed languages?

I was impressed by the description of Lojban on Conlangs....
Designed by others as a continuation of Loglan, Lojban
(its name is a contraction for "Logical Language" in Lojban) is the
most professional and thought-provoking of the modern logical
languages, with a fascinating methodology for deriving its root words
from Arabic, Chinese, English, Hindi, Russian and Spanish. Extensive
information is available on-line. For the sheer joy of it, you should
check out how Tolkien's Tengwar alphabet can provide "a romantic
orthography for Lojban".

By the way, which mailing list (if any) is for miscellaneous,
everyday-life kinda discussion? I would be interested in joining that
too (although that would defeat the purpose of a Lojban mailing list in
the first place, eh ;-) )

mi'e .nei,omis.