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

["Brett Williams" <mungojelly@gmail.com>]

On 9/16/08, Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com> wrote:

Art doesn't attract very many people, because
there's plenty of it in other languages.

True enough, but I personally think that Lojban is an exceptional language for art.  It's so flexible, there's so many options for things.  I think we could attract people just for Lojban's artistic qualities, if we develop and advertise them more.  .i la .lojban. cu xamgu pe'i jai larcu .i cinri valsi bo tarmi .i cinri valsi bo sance .i cinri cizra gerna bo stura
 

What other situations does Lojban have a high instrumental value in?

I think that we could make Lojban unusually suited for any particular purpose, just by focusing and making a lot of lujvo and getting the language comfortable with a topic.  If we choose any topic and establish a vocabulary around it, we'll head slowly towards the point where we can truly say that Lojban is a far superior language for some specific set of concepts. 
 
One that comes to mind as a no-brainer is computer programming.  Obviously we have enough programmers in the community, and the bar to entering Lojban is always going to be lower for programmers, so it makes sense on the face of it. 
 
Donri and I have also been discussing a Lojbanic anarchists' association-- any other anarchists around? :) 
 
One interest  many of us share (ka'u) is liking the Dvorak keyboard, but I'm not sure that needs much vocabulary.  I guess it could use a word or two, though!  Is there even a word yet for "Dvorak keyboard"?  .i .ei zasti 
 
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