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[lojban] Re: How many fluent speakrs of Lojban are there?



> You have all of these words with "sumti" and if people
> use words like "fa, fe, fi" you are expected to know
> which "x" means what. I don't think the human brain can
> work like that, at least, not fluently.

You do exactly the same in English.  Prepositions introduce
the different arguments to verbs:  you talk *to* someone,
*about* something, *in* a language. You have to learn these
sorts of things for every langauge, it's just that you don't
think of it that way, it's not made explicit, and you take
it for granted.

> This language looks like something that should be used
> for computers and not humans.

Those who have spent longer with the language than you will
probably consider this opinion to be rubbish.  I do.


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