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To: "jboste" <lojban@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [lojban] la lojban or le lojban
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 06:39:16 -0400
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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>
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On Wednesday 04 September 2002 04:35, G. Dyke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been wondering whether the gender of lojban in french should be
> masculine, like (nearly?) all languages (le francais, le srilankais etc.)
> or should it be feminine to reflect the fact that lojban calls itself "la
> lojban"

Definitely "le lojban" in French. The le/la distinction in French has nothing 
to do with the le/la distinction in Lojban.

phma