[lojban] nice sound for lojban "r"

[Sebastian Fröjd <so.cool.ogi@gmail.com>]

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I'm not a linguist but I just wonder if it's really the way Pierre describes it: that the concept dialect is defined by the usage of different words for the same thing, not by the phonetic differences? For example, swedish may sound quite different depending on where in Sweden you are, due to the different swedish "dialects". Incidentally there are also some specific words for different swedish "dialects", which I've always regarded as a secondary characteristic of dialects. I also wonder what the geographical ja cultural level are in the definition of a dialect. Has any lujvo yet been defined for the concept of dialect, sociolect and accent, respectively? Since gismu generally has a very vague/broad semantic range, I think you could use zo "bangu" even when speaking of different dialects/accents, right? So if you would like to explicit speak of languages (definition?), not dialects nor something else, you'll need a lujvo specifically for that also, right?

However, I think it's a good thing that lojban is a bit flexible with the pronounciation of phonemes. I think it makes sense to speak lojban with different accents and melody. It also makes lojban easier to learn for people of different cultural backgrounds. For example I like to pronounce "ng" in lojban nasal as in "sing", as long as you can hear the g in the end, and similar small variations depending on the phonetic context.

And even if lojban has more restrictions than natlang, I think lojban will develop quite different in different parts of the world as the community grows. For example In which combinations of grammatical constructs, tanru and attitudinals different social groups prefer.
The most important thing would still be to be able understand each other, right?

mu'omi'e jongausib

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