[lojban] Re: Lojban Alphabet Starter B

[Hugh O'Byrne <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

I'm pleased to see much discussion in this thread already.  Thank you, 
J.C., for your effort in reestablishing this dialog too.

John E Clifford wrote:
> What would be an ideal alphabet for Lojban?  We have fallen into an alphabet and – because
> “everybody� knows it -- it works very well for our present purposes: getting as  many people
> as possible learning the language.  But suppose that Lojban were established and secure and wanted
> an alphabet that was thoroughly for Lojban, not just a borrowed form that had served countless
> other languages already.  Thinking about this, I have come up with the following – very
> tentative – thoughts.  Comments sought.

Comments gladly provided.  The kind of long-term thinking you describe
above is appealing to me.

Uh... wow.  Wild snippage, because the post is so thorough (meaty!), and
I can't see much to add to it, right away.

<AOL>me too!</AOL>

I guess the comment I would first provide is:  A thorough analysis of
*phonetic* features (even ones irrelavent to the phonemes of Lojban, or
*any* one particular language) would make a better starting place for
this discussion, IMHO.  Features of sounds that can concievably
(reasonably) be considered different, should be considered.  Within the
context of *this* discussion, the work would show through as a more
thorough analysis of the problem when it *does* get reduced to phonemes. 
 I'm looking at something else at the same time, too; the work would 
also be relavent to closing loopholes relating to the ZOI selma'o 
(described in another post, "ZOI and culture neutrality").

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Good night, and have a rational tomorrow!

mi'e .xius.



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