Re: Word frequency

[Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>]

>The second thought is that "hey, didn't they make a frequency count and
>weighted average to come up with the original list of gismu?"

No.

We created the gismu themselves by using words from 6 source languages
wighted by population, which generates a kind of mishmash word that has
some similarities to several languages, but is generally not identical to
any one.

The actual selection of which words to make into gismu was a more  involved
process, which did include one sort of frequency count - Helen Eaton's
list of the most frequently used concepts in certain source languages.
But the Eaton List is far removed from the actual gismu list.

lojbab