Re: [lojban] Etymology of future gismu (if they are to be created)

[Sid <cntrational@gmail.com>]

Bengali is indeed up there, but it's still a fairly close call with Russian.

mi'e cntr

On 13 May 2012 11:31, gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>I know from experience that any and all translation programs are horrid at translation.
>>>Furthermore, I don't see any need to include more languages into the algorithm.
>
> Transliteration *may be* horrid indeed (especially in case of Arabic). However, audio recordings can solve this issue.
> The algorithm was chosen to make people from all over the world learn words quicker.
> If so why limit the number of source languages to 6?
> Russian is no longer among first 6. There is probably Bengali or Indonesian instead of it.
> And do those 6 languages really represent the majority of the population of the planet?
> The most trustworthy answer is the following.
> If adding more languages changes the resulting sounding then 6 languages are not enough.
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