[lojban] Re: Fwd: lojban and raising a child bi-lingual

[Stela Selckiku <selckiku@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Luke Bergen<lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know lojban well enough yet to be 100% sure, but I believe you've
> just said (in a nutshell):


Sorry, I don't know why I felt compelled to answer in Lojban, but it
does seem like you understood what I said. :)

There are a lot of challenges to raising someone to speak a new
language, but it seems like d'Armond Speers had extra obstacles in the
Klingon of that time, which was inadequate to the task and too
conservative to adjust quickly.  Today's Lojban is always inventing
new words, for instance, and we could easily supply words for a new
need, while the Klingon community is very restrictive about when new
words can enter their language.

The concept of "jbojbe", children who speak Lojban from birth, has
been discussed for a long time.  I think it's about time we started
discussing it just a little bit more seriously, and seeing what we
could do as a community to help those who might want to teach Lojban
to their children.  The state of the language and the community and of
technology are all I think heading towards a place where a jbojbe
could have contact with and support from a lot of Lojbanists, such as
through recordings or video phone, and I think we should also start
working for instance on songs and videos and stories designed
especially for the jbojbe.

Learning a language is difficult for anyone, even a child.  My hope is
that the jbojbe will feel that teaching them Lojban is not just an
experiment, but that we have actually prepared a worthwhile place and
role for them in our community.

mi'e la stela selckiku
mu'o


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