[lojban-beginners] Re: Lojban sign language

[Daniel Gudlat <gudlat@web.de>]

MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote on 2005-09-19, 14:01:16:
> Has there been any discussion of a sign language version of Lojban?  I
> have in mind a fairly strict correspondence between the two. 
 
There hasn't been such a discussion, AFAIK. Furthermore, I personally
don't think that it would be useful, let alone feasible. American
Sign Language is after all not just signed American English but a
language in its own right.

With this in mind, the question should not be "Is there a sign language
version of Lojban", but "Is there a sign language based on the same
principles as lojban, i.e. predicate logic, cultural neutrality, etc.".
A fairly strict correspondence between the two would IMHO not be a
primary design goal of such a sign language, at least not in areas such
as phonology and syntax. Building something with a similar grammatical
structure would possibly be doable, but I am not aware of any such
effort.

Greetings,

Daniel Gudlat

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