Re: [lojban] Re: Making a jbo locale file and package for installation, need some suggestions.

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Tuesday, July 09, 2013 06:52:54 la arxokuna wrote:
> I can't agree with animal naming of months ({mlajukma'i} for July) as
> zodiac is not a stable thing throughout history due to precession effects.
> And it's not culturally neutral (some nations divided the route of the sun
> into more than 12 elements).

I've used them in the past for months of the calendar, but I think they're 
better for zodiac signs.

> However, as Georgian calendar is official (like metric system) it'd be wise
> to use Georgian names.

Several languages, such as Finnish and Polish (but not Russian), use words 
derived from the same language as month names. The problem with that is that a 
month name like "listopad" (leaf-fall) doesn't denote the same time of year 
worldwide in a language not tied to one latitude. That's why I think we should 
use the Latin-derived names.

As to days of the week, I don't know of a natlang with three ways of naming 
the days, but I do know of one with two, namely Galician-Portuguese. Luns-
martes-mércores is used in the north; segunda/terça/quarta-feira in the south 
and outside of Iberia.

Pierre
-- 
Jews use a lunisolar calendar; Muslims use a solely lunar calendar.

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