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Lojban Posted by on Jan 27, 2010 in Esperanto Language

What is Lojban? A friend of mine introduced me to it as another “competitor” of Esperanto – another logical, planned language designed to surmount language barriers. It seems as though Lojban has a more scientific feel to it than Esperanto does. Where Esperanto emerged from L.L. Zamenhof’s attempts to promote cultural awareness, Lojban was invented with scientific applications in mind, such as computing. Of course, Lojban purports to be linguistically and culturally neutral, like Esperanto [at least intends to be!], so in theory it would not be limited to scientific fields.

If you are curious about this other constructed language, the Internet (as always!) is abound with resources. There are several free texts available to help with Lojban learning, use, and comprehension. I’ve found an introductory text from Lojban.org, as well as a dictionary from the same site.

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Comments:

  1. Matt Arnold:

    Thanks for posting about Lojban. It is not a competitor to Esperanto. There are a few people who would like Esperanto or Lojban to supplant naturally-occurring languages. But those of us running the Lojban project do not seek that.

    Neither is Lojban intended to overcome language barriers. Although Lojban’s regularity makes it easier in some ways, it is also the most unnatural language ever invented, and that makes it difficult.

    It is a hobby and a thought experiment. Its greatest use is in expanding our own outlook.

    Sincerely,
    Matt Arnold
    President, Logical Language Group

  2. Bernardo Verda:

    I thought that Klingon was the most unnatural language ever made — at least, that was partly the intent.

    When I first became interested in Esperanto, I had actually been hoping for something more like Lojban (blame it on my fondness for science-fiction) ;-). Lojban (or Loglan) wasn’t really an available option at the time, and Esperanto has proved to be of more practical use. I suppose that I will try my hand at Lojban sometime soon, though, if only to see for myself how actually works in practice.

  3. vilcxjo:

    Lerni Esperanto estas por komunikado kun aliaj homoj. Lerni Lojban estas tuj lerni Lojban. Tio estas la malsamo.