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Re: [lojban] What is the source of gismu *definitions*?



It's just  a continuation of Lojban Functional List.

Whatever that is.

If no one wants to fill gaps in lojbanic lexicon, even in computer
terminology, well then no fluent speakers will appear soon. Otherwise
how can we discuss anything on the internet?

If someone wants to fill gaps, then they will coin words for those gaps and add them to jbovlaste or some other repository of Lojban coinings. If they've done it well, then others are likely to use their coinings rather than making their own coinage.

Words are added to English and other natural languages *naturally*, merely by people coining them, whether systematically or arbitrarily. It works.

If Lojban aspires to be a natural language (or to emulate one) it will have to accept the processes that act upon natural languages. Indeed it is impossible to prevent those processes. (look how successful the French Academy has been at preventing "le weekend", and I just read that Russian now has a variety of words derived from "Pussy Riot", probably despite the strong disapproval of Leader Putin).

lojbab

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