[lojban] Spelling of the name of the Lojban in Polish (matter of 'Lojban' or 'Lożban')

[Marek Rogalski <mafikpl@gmail.com>]

This question is adressed mainly to people who (more or less) speak
polish.

I have been translating some stuff on tiki a few minutes ago and
encountered a problem which many of you could happen to find: what
spelling of word 'Lojban' should we use in Polish?

Since in the word 'Lojban' there is a sound represented by a letter
'ż' in Polish, spelling 'Lożban' would seem perfect for a phonetic
translation (which i think is better for a spoken language). Further
problem arise when we try to place new word somewhere in a sentence.
It needs proper flexical parts to be understood correctly. We end up
with declination of word 'Lożban':
M Lożban
D Lożnanu
C Lożbanowi
B Lożban
N (z) Lożbanem
M (o) Lożbanie
W Lożbanie!
Using this method (first polonizing letters and then declinating the
word according to polish grammar) we can speak and write about lojban
words (mainly 'Lojban' name) in Polish.

There is also other approach which is widely used (first of all on
polish 'Lojban' wiki page). In this approach we speak the same way as
in the previous. The only difference is writing word 'Lojban' as
'Lojban' which, by native polish speakers is read rather as 'Loyban'.
When we use this method we also have to declinate the word:
M Lojban
D Lojnanu
C Lojbanowi
B Lojban
N (z) Lojbanem
M (o) Lojbanie
W Lojbanie!
I have personally met three people who encountered Lojban before, and
(in most of the cases ;) ) their reading of the word sounded like
'loyban'.

Writing about Lojban needs consistence in its name (read or written).
What do you think should be official spelling of the Lojban name in
Polish?

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Marek Rogalski

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