Different languages express different things in varying amounts of syllables. Sometimes Lojban is longer, but usually it is much shorter. Ex: probably = la'a, I'm happy = .ui, currently = ca, the event of = nu et cetera. Lojban is designed not to have the minimum amount of syllables as possible, but to be as unambiguous as possible.
@ReasonGuysCopyright It's the ambiguity in language itself which is the "problem," and how can we be sure that grammatically everything we're saying is logical. For example, when I say "Jane eats meat or fish," does she only eat one of them or would she eat either of them? Lojban has different words for or and would have been more specific.
As long as a population is educated they will preserve their language's traditions (despite the persistence of the masses) like proper spelling and grammar.
Why you read it as if your were asslept?
notengonickcojones 4 months ago
Where is the bathroom=5 syllables
.i ma stuzi lo vimku'a=8 syllables
Is this kind of slowness in speech normal for lojban?
ReasonGuysCopyright 8 months ago
@ReasonGuysCopyright
Որտեղ է զուգարանը: = 7 syllables.
Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; = 8 syllables.
화장실이 어디입니까? = 9 syllables.
バスルームはどこですか？ = 10 syllables.
Different languages express different things in varying amounts of syllables. Sometimes Lojban is longer, but usually it is much shorter. Ex: probably = la'a, I'm happy = .ui, currently = ca, the event of = nu et cetera. Lojban is designed not to have the minimum amount of syllables as possible, but to be as unambiguous as possible.
NegativeClock 8 months ago 3
@NegativeClock
I suspect though, that ambiguity emerges as a product of time, as human interact with the language.
People say stuff, using words, when they really are wanting to say something else.
They do this to minimize potential social consequences.
As people do this, they then begin to expect others to do this, and assume extra hidden meaning.
This results in the blurring of word meaning.
Why do you think lojban will be immune to this.
ReasonGuysCopyright 8 months ago
@ReasonGuysCopyright It's the ambiguity in language itself which is the "problem," and how can we be sure that grammatically everything we're saying is logical. For example, when I say "Jane eats meat or fish," does she only eat one of them or would she eat either of them? Lojban has different words for or and would have been more specific.
As long as a population is educated they will preserve their language's traditions (despite the persistence of the masses) like proper spelling and grammar.
NegativeClock 8 months ago 2
@NegativeClock "As long as a population is educated they will preserve their language's traditions "
Perhaps... though it's hard to deny how english has changed, I wonder how much standardized education has slowed said change.
ReasonGuysCopyright 8 months ago
@ReasonGuysCopyright Where is the loo only has 4 :)
ghenulo 2 months ago