Subject: Re: [lojban] Some remarks from a beginner

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:42:41 -0500

Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote:

>> I mean, "focus" first, then the other parameters?
> 
> Focus first is not the only "natural" order, just the one common in 
> European languages.

Actually, topic-first is much more common, both in terms of the
number of languages, and *especially* the number of speakers,
since both English and Chinese are basically topic-first.

The only focus-first language I know about offhand is
Welsh.

(Topic = background, focus = foreground.)

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