[lojban-beginners] Re: Up-to-date definition of Lojban

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 12:03:42PM +0600, Yanis Batura wrote:
> While preparing the third and fourth modules for Parallel, I found
> out (thanks to xorxes!) that the following sources now and then
> contradict each other:
> 
> 1) Lojban For Beginners (LFB)
>
> 2) The Complete Lojban Language (CLL)
>
> 3) Definitions from cmavo.txt and gismu.txt
>
> 4) Definitions from BPFK sections.

Yes, and I really wish xorxes would stop talking about that to
newbies.  It's caused much more confusion than is useful.

> I would like to know, what priority do these have, what overrides
> what, and are there other items that also have legal effect on the
> language?

The CLL wins.  The definitions from the cmavo and gismu list follow
shortly after.

The other two haven't been published yet.  Until they are, they are
irrelevant, and you can ignore them or not as you wish.  Which of
them you choose to pay attention to is your choice.

> I think that this information is crucial for the beginners. Why is
> it not published on the very first pages of Lojban tiki?

Because 2 of the 4 sources you cited haven't been completed.

-Robin

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