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style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#f9f9f9;width:300px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:1px"></td> <td class="mbox-text plainlist"><table> <tbody><tr><td><b>nelci</b></td><td>⬚ likes ⬚.</td></tr> <tr><td><b>patfu</b></td><td>⬚ is a father of ⬚.</td></tr> <tr><td><b>mi nelci do</b></td><td>I like you.</td></tr> <tr><td><b>mi patfu do</b></td><td>I'm your father.</td></tr> <tr><td><b>do nelci ma</b></td><td>What do you like?</td></tr> <tr><td><b>ma nelci mi</b></td><td>Who likes me?</td></tr> <tr><td><b>do patfu ma</b> </td><td>Who are you a father of?</td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:242px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kI__OTFn0o" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" src="/images/thumb/e/e5/yt-evarusar.png/240px-yt-evarusar.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="134" class="thumbimage" srcset="/images/thumb/e/e5/yt-evarusar.png/360px-yt-evarusar.png 1.5x, /images/e/e5/yt-evarusar.png 2x" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/papri/File:yt-evarusar.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><b>Beauty in the artifice</b>: an introduction to Lojban by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bitsfair.com/">Ewa</a></div></div></div> <p>Lojban is a carefully constructed spoken language. It has been built for over 50 years by dozens of workers and hundreds of supporters. </p> <ul><li>Lojban's grammar is based on simple rules, and its linguistic features are inspired by predicate logic.</li> <li>Lojban allows the expression of nuances in emotion using words called <a href="/papri/attitudinals" class="mw-redirect" title="attitudinals">attitudinals</a>, which are like spoken emoticons. <b>ue</b> marks that you're surprised; <b>ba'u</b> marks that you're exaggerating.</li> <li>You can be as vague or detailed as you like when speaking lojban. For example, specifying tense (past, present or future) or number (singular or plural) is optional when they're clear from context.</li> <li>Lojban is machine parsable, so the syntactic structure and validity of a sentence is unambiguous, and can be analyzed using computer tools.</li> <li>There is a live community of speakers expanding the lojban vocabulary day by day.</li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Lojban_means_different_things_to_different_people">Lojban means different things to different people</span></h3> <ul><li>a linguistic curiosity - a test-bed for language experimentation</li> <li>a challenging way to expand their minds or discipline their thoughts</li> <li>a new perspective on languages</li> <li>an entertaining medium to communicate with friends or create art</li> <li>a domain for exploring the intersection of human language and software</li></ul> <p>What will lojban mean for you? </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Official_publications">Official publications</span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="http://lojban.org/publications/cll/cll_v1.1_book.pdf" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" src="/images/thumb/4/4e/cll-1.1.png/300px-cll-1.1.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="358" class="thumbimage" srcset="/images/thumb/4/4e/cll-1.1.png/450px-cll-1.1.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/4/4e/cll-1.1.png/600px-cll-1.1.png 2x" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/papri/File:cll-1.1.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The Complete Lojban Language</div></div></div> <p>'The Complete Lojban Language' book is an official publication by The Logical Language Group and is available in several formats: </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0966028325/">As a hardcover book</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lojban.org/publications/cll/cll_v1.1_book.pdf">CLL v1.1 PDF</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lojban.org/publications/cll/cll_v1.1_cover.pdf">CLL v1.1 PDF Cover</a> ; these are the actual files used to produced the hardcover version, so it's exactly what you get if you buy a copy</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lojban.org/publications/cll/cll_v1.1.epub">CLL v1.1 EPUB</a> (the ebook format) and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lojban.org/publications/cll/cll_v1.1.mobi">CLL v1.1 MOBI</a> (another ebook format, generated from the EPUB using Kindle's tools, so it should work on all Kindle devices)</li> <li>In HTML: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lojban.org/publications/cll/cll_v1.1_xhtml-no-chunks/">CLL v1.1 HTML One Big File</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lojban.org/publications/cll/cll_v1.1_xhtml-chapter-chunks/">CLL v1.1 HTML One File Per Chapter</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lojban.org/publications/cll/cll_v1.1_xhtml-section-chunks/">CLL v1.1 HTML One File Per Section</a></li></ul> <p>This book will help those who already understand some lojban. It's the most complete reference of lojban language by far. It does not, however, teach vocabulary, style, colloquial language or other possible variations of the language. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_documents">Related documents</span></h2> <ul><li>A <a href="/papri/How_to_use_xorlo" title="How to use xorlo">description of the xorlo reform</a>.</li></ul> <p>This reform was approved by the Logical Language Group in 2003. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Unofficial_methods_to_learn_lojban">Unofficial methods to learn lojban</span></h2> <p>These are learning resources that are made by people speaking lojban and that represent personal views of those authors: </p> <table style="width: auto;border-collapse:collapse;border: 1px solid #ccc;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="padding:3px;border:1px solid black;width: 50%;"><div style="text-align:center;">A set of <a href="/papri/pronunciation" title="pronunciation">pronunciation guides</a></div> </td> <td style="padding:3px;border:1px solid black;width: 50%;"><a href="/papri/la_karda" title="la karda">la karda</a>, a rapid-fire overview of the grammar in small pieces </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="padding:3px;border:1px solid black;width: 50%;"><div style="text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks">search the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://la-lojban.github.io/sutysisku/lojban/#sisku=coi_munje">dictionary</a><br /><a href="https://la-lojban.github.io/sutysisku/lojban/#sisku=coi_munje" rel="nofollow"><img alt="la sutysisku.png" src="/images/thumb/f/f7/la_sutysisku.png/100px-la_sutysisku.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="18" srcset="/images/thumb/f/f7/la_sutysisku.png/150px-la_sutysisku.png 1.5x, /images/f/f7/la_sutysisku.png 2x" /></a></span></div> </td> <td style="padding:3px;border:1px solid black;width: 50%;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lojban.github.io/ilmentufa/camxes.html">la camxes</a> is an automatic grammar checker of Lojban utterances. It can help you to understand the structure and correctness of sentences. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="padding:3px;border:1px solid black;width: 50%;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="/papri/Lojban_Wave_Lessons" title="Lojban Wave Lessons">Wave Lessons</a>, a popular textbook </div></td> <td style="padding:3px;border:1px solid black;width: 50%;"><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://daeldir.github.io/jbogidva/">Lojban guide</a><br />Provides hover translations of both sentences/phrases and words they contain. </div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="padding:3px;border:1px solid black;width: 50%;"><div style="text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yrxt9gAtqA_oSDD76Toq8VLSZjjOxJ5rkKsxFs3Cw8E/pub?start=true&loop=false&delayms=5000" rel="nofollow"><img alt="slaide.png" src="/images/thumb/5/52/slaide.png/100px-slaide.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="64" srcset="/images/thumb/5/52/slaide.png/150px-slaide.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/5/52/slaide.png/200px-slaide.png 2x" /></a></span><br /><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yrxt9gAtqA_oSDD76Toq8VLSZjjOxJ5rkKsxFs3Cw8E/pub?start=true&loop=false&delayms=5000">Lojban in simple phrases</a></span><br />Also available in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mw.lojban.org/images/d/d1/Lojban._How_to_quickly_create_sentences.pdf">PDF</a>. Or try flashcards: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.memrise.com/courses/english/lojban/">Memrise.com</a> offers on-line Lojban vocabulary flashcards, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ankisrs.net/">Anki</a> is a downloadable alternative. </div> </td> <td style="padding:3px;border:1px solid black;width: 50%;"><div style="text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks">try searching for arbitrary words in<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://la-lojban.github.io/sutysisku/lojban/#seskari=catni&sisku=pluka&bangu=muplis&versio=masno">the database of sentences</a><br /><a href="https://la-lojban.github.io/sutysisku/lojban/#seskari=catni&sisku=pluka&bangu=muplis&versio=masno" rel="nofollow"><img alt="La Muplis.png" src="/images/thumb/a/a9/La_Muplis.png/150px-La_Muplis.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="29" srcset="/images/a/a9/La_Muplis.png 1.5x" /></a><br />Some of the sentences are not proofread by fluent speakers of Lojban.</span></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="padding:3px;border:1px solid black;width: 50%;"><div style="text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks">Join <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mw.lojban.org/papri/Lojban_IRC">the chat</a><br /><a href="https://mw.lojban.org/papri/Lojban_IRC" rel="nofollow"><img alt="lo-se-irci.svg" src="/images/thumb/6/6c/lo-se-irci.svg/100px-lo-se-irci.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/images/thumb/6/6c/lo-se-irci.svg/150px-lo-se-irci.svg.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/6/6c/lo-se-irci.svg/200px-lo-se-irci.svg.png 2x" /></a><br /> and try talking to other Lojbanists when they appear there. Try asking them questions.</span></div> </td> <td style="padding:3px;border:1px solid black;width: 50%;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZjSTUK3hFI" rel="nofollow"><img alt="yt-lesson in lojban i.png" src="/images/8/8c/yt-lesson_in_lojban_i.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" /></a><br />«Lessons in Lojban» by Dustin Lacewell </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Also check out: </p> <ul><li>the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_vkiwqOIOIJPqZTiomzd4ApUSEQXhEY6CeyZD_6c-PA/edit#gid=0">translation of 'Alice in Wonderland'</a> by xorxes with a parallel text in English.</li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Dictionaries">Dictionaries</span></h3> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://la-lojban.github.io/sutysisku/lojban/">la sutysisku</a> is an online multilingual Lojban dictionary (including English) that also works offline. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://vlasisku.lojban.org/">la vlasisku</a> is an alternative for English speakers only that is regularly updated.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jbovlaste.lojban.org/">la jbovlaste</a> is an editable, multilingual dictionary. It is considered by many to be the current de-facto standard dictionary of Lojban. Many other dictionaries and tools are based on it.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://guskant.github.io/lojbo/stardict.html">Stardict dictionaries in some languages</a> (usable with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://goldendict.org/">GoldenDict</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dictionary-universal/id312088272?mt=8">Dictionary Universal</a>, etc.)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://guskant.github.io/lojbo/gismu-cmavo.html">Multilingual gismu (root word) and cmavo (particle) lists in tsv and html formats</a></li> <li><a href="/papri/Word_frequency_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Word frequency lists">Word lists ordered by frequency of use</a></li> <li>An unofficial <a href="/papri/Simple_gismu" title="Simple gismu">list of simple definitions of gismu</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_learning_materials_..."><a href="/papri/Learning_materials._Secondary_links" title="Learning materials. Secondary links">Other learning materials ...</a></span></h3> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Connect_with_the_community">Connect with the community</span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:242px;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/album/3152276" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" src="/images/4/4f/yt-ro_lo_maha_datka.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/papri/File:yt-ro_lo_maha_datka.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>«ro lo ma'a datka» and other Lojban songs by <a href="/papri/la_guskant" class="mw-redirect" title="la guskant">la guskant</a></div></div></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:242px;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/112783041" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" src="/images/4/47/yt-bripre_jikca_9.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/papri/File:yt-bripre_jikca_9.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>«bripre jikca», a community literary vlog</div></div></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:242px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG4jyHG-hv8" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" src="/images/d/df/yt-baho.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/papri/File:yt-baho.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>«ba'o», a song by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://djemynai.bandcamp.com">La Djemynai</a></div></div></div> <p>Lojban is spoken by a vibrant community, producing literature, music, and art, and discussing questions about language and thought. The web comic <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.xkcd.com/191/">xkcd</a> said that, if you spoke Lojban, you'd have to speak with Lojbanists. That may not be such a bad thing! </p> <h3><span id="Instant_messaging_.28text_chat.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Instant_messaging_(text_chat)">Instant messaging (text chat)</span></h3> <ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.libera.chat/#lojban,#ckule,#jbosnu">QWebIRC</a> browser-based clients, or</span></li> <li><a href="/papri/Lojban_IRC#Trickier_ways_of_connecting" class="mw-redirect" title="Lojban IRC">connect with the IRC client of your choice</a>.</li></ul> <p>There are three main channels (chat rooms): </p> <ol><li>#lojban for discussion about Lojban in any language</li> <li>#ckule for the teaching of Lojban and questions from beginners in any Language</li> <li>#jbosnu for discussions exclusively in Lojban</li></ol> <p>The channels sometimes move slowly, so don't lose hope if you don't get a response immediately -- wait around a bit and someone is likely to see your message. Here is an <a href="/papri/IRC_cheat_sheet" title="IRC cheat sheet">cheat sheet</a> for those unfamiliar with IRC.--> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Connecting_to_the_chat">Connecting to the chat</span></h4> <p>Use <u>any</u> of the following messengers (your and others' messages will be available in all of them no matter from which messenger you are sending your questions). </p><p>Answers from members of the community will arrive soon. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Telegram">Telegram</span></h4> <p>Using this method you will be able to read the history of the chat since the beginning of 2016. </p> <ol><li>Install the free <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://telegram.org">Telegram messenger</a> on your Apple, Android or your desktop device</li> <li>join main Lojban chat groups by following these links: <ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://t.me/joinchat/BLVsYz3hCF8mCAb6fzW1Rw">Lojban</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://telegram.me/joinchat/BLVsYz4hC9ulWahupDLovA">ckule</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://telegram.me/joinchat/BLVsYz20Boixl0xN-0TrPw">jbosnu</a></span></li></ul></li> <li>Ask questions on Lojban in <b>ckule</b> group, talk in or about Lojban in <b>Lojban</b> group and talk only in Lojban in <b>jbosnu</b> group.</li></ol> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Discord">Discord</span></h4> <p>The chat is also connected to a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://discord.gg/BVm4EYR">Discord server</a>. </p> <ol><li>Ask questions on Lojban in #ckule channel, talk in or about Lojban in #lojban channel and talk only in Lojban in #jbosnu channel.</li> <li>Freely chat about anything to like-minded Lojbanists in the #jboselbau channel.</li></ol> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_methods">Other methods</span></h4> <p>You may alternately try <a href="/papri/Lojban_Live_Chat#Direct_web_access" title="Lojban Live Chat">other methods of connecting</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Social_media">Social media</span></h3> <p>Lojban has a presence on many of the most popular web sites: <a href="https://facebook.com/groups/Lojban/" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Facebook Logo Mini.svg" src="/images/thumb/c/cd/Facebook_Logo_Mini.svg/12px-Facebook_Logo_Mini.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="/images/thumb/c/cd/Facebook_Logo_Mini.svg/18px-Facebook_Logo_Mini.svg.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/c/cd/Facebook_Logo_Mini.svg/24px-Facebook_Logo_Mini.svg.png 2x" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://facebook.com/groups/Lojban/">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/lojban/" rel="nofollow"><img alt="reddit-12.png" src="/images/thumb/c/cc/reddit-12.png/12px-reddit-12.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="11" srcset="/images/c/cc/reddit-12.png 1.5x" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reddit.com/r/lojban/">Reddit</a>, <a href="https://www.quora.com/Lojban" rel="nofollow"><img alt="quora.png" src="/images/e/ee/quora.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.quora.com/Lojban">Quora</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Mailing_lists">Mailing lists</span></h3> <p>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners/topics">lojban-beginners mailing list</a> is for questions about learning and understanding Lojban. You can subscribe to the list by sending a question to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#593536333b3837743b3c3e3037373c2b2a193e36363e353c3e2b362c292a773a3634"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="600c0f0a02010e4d020507090e0e05121320070f0f070c0507120f1510134e030f0d">[email protected]</span></a>. </p><p>The general-purpose <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://groups.google.com/group/lojban/topics">lojban mailing list</a>, which covers anything else related to Lojban, was founded in 1989, and has about 500 subscribers. You can subscribe to it by sending an email to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#076b686d65666947606868606b626075687277742964686a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfd3d0d5ddded1ffd8d0d0d8d3dad8cdd0cacfcc91dcd0d2">[email protected]</span></a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="International_Contacts">International Contacts</span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:242px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzqhNYCWKLo" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" src="/images/3/3e/yt_higher_logic.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/papri/File:yt_higher_logic.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>an exposition by <a href="/papri/User:Guskant" title="User:Guskant">la guskant</a> in Japanese</div></div></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Languages spoken </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/papri/User:Selpahi" title="User:Selpahi">la selpa'i</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2d1c7cec3c6d5c3e2c5cfda8cc6c7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="54273138353023351433392c7a3031">[email protected]</span></a></td> <td>English, German </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/papri/User:Gleki" title="User:Gleki">la gleki</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4d6d5dad3c1f4d8dbded6d5da9adbc6d3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e5c5f50594b7e5251545c5f5010514c59">[email protected]</span></a></td> <td>English, Russian </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/papri/User:Ilmen" title="User:Ilmen">la ilmen</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cea7a2a3aba0e0bea1a5abaca7be8ea9a3afa7a2e0ada1a3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="781114151d16560817131d1a1108381f15191114561b1715">[email protected]</span></a></td> <td>English, French </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/papri/User:Tsani" title="User:Tsani">la tsani</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0ded9d3c4c9c4d1def0d7ddd1d9dc9ed3dfdd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90fef9f3e4e9e4f1fed0f7fdf1f9fcbef3fffd">[email protected]</span></a></td> <td>English, French </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/papri/User:Xorxes" title="User:Xorxes">la xorxes</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abc1c1c7c7cac6c9c2cad8ebccc6cac2c785c8c4c6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4228282e2e232f202b233102252f232b2e6c212d2f">[email protected]</span></a></td> <td>English, Spanish </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/papri/User:Guskant" title="User:Guskant">la guskant</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#513624223f387f3a303f252411363c30383d7f323e3c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="137466607d7a3d78727d676653747e727a7f3d707c7e">[email protected]</span></a></td> <td>English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Esperanto </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/papri/User:Remod" title="User:Remod">la remod</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90e2f4f5fee4f1e4ffd0f7fdf1f9fcbef3fffd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3b1a7a6adb7a2b7ac83a4aea2aaafeda0acae">[email protected]</span></a></td> <td>English, Italian </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Lojban_around_the_world_-_other_ways_of_communication_..."><a href="/papri/Lojban_around_the_world" title="Lojban around the world">Lojban around the world</a> - other ways of communication ...</span></h3> <h2><span id="What.27s_next.3F"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="What's_next?">What's next?</span></h2> <ul><li>Try reading Lojban <a href="/papri/te_gerna_la_lojban" title="te gerna la lojban">texts</a>. Start with something shorter and easier such as "<a href="/papri/la_.teris._po%27u_lo_tirxu_cu_vitke_zi%27o_le_barda_tcadu" title="la .teris. po'u lo tirxu cu vitke zi'o le barda tcadu">Terry the Tiger</a>" (audio is available) or "<a href="/papri/The_Berenstain_Bears_and_the_Prize_Pumpkin" class="mw-redirect" title="The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin">The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin</a>" (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://guskant.github.io/gerna_cipra/maltufa-1.1.html">a parser suitable to those two texts</a>). When you're ready, move on to "<a href="/papri/le_cmalu_noltru" title="le cmalu noltru">The Little Prince</a>" (suitable parser: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lojban.github.io/ilmentufa/camxes.html">camxes</a>) and "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://selpahi.de/oz.html">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</a>" (suitable parser: <a href="/papri/maftufa" title="maftufa">maftufa</a>).</li></ul> <ul><li>Try your hand at translating into Lojban, or write your own original texts: Poetry, prose, blogs, tweets, etc.</li> <li>Continue learning vocabulary using <a href="/papri/Lojbanic_Software" title="Lojbanic Software">memorization software</a>.</li> <li>Help expand the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jbovlaste.lojban.org/">dictionary</a> by translating Lojban words into other languages, or coin new compound words and add them.</li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="More_info_..."><a href="/papri/What%27s_next%3F" title="What's next?">More info ...</a></span></h3> <hr /> <div style="font-size:90%;">This web site is dedicated to documenting Lojban and the activities of the Lojban-using community, and also serves as the official web site of the <a href="/papri/Logical_Language_Group" title="Logical Language Group">Logical Language Group</a> (LLG), a non-profit organization founded in 1987 to promote the scientific study of the relationships between language, thought and human culture.</div> </div><div id="ralju-pritu"><div id="mlana" style="text-align:left;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.4); padding: 15px 20px; background-color: #fee"> <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.5em; font-family: sans-serif">Quick Links</div> <ul><li><b><a href="/papri/la_karda" title="la karda">la karda</a></b>, an overview of Lojban in tiny lessons!</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://la-lojban.github.io/sutysisku/en/index.html"><b>la sutysisku</b></a>, an interactive dictionary.</li> <li><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lojban.github.io/cll/">The Complete Lojban Language</a></b>, a comprehensive textbook.</li></ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="From_Lojban_news...">From <a href="/papri/Lo_Lojbo_Nuzba" class="mw-redirect" title="Lo Lojbo Nuzba">Lojban news...</a></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Community_news">Community news</span></h3> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="17_January_2021">17 January 2021</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#17_January_2021" title="nuzba/en">-</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIrx2NgJD2jMZlz7JPmhaTw">la janbe</a> publishes <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra4ID_TUJjo">tabgapci</a>, an original song. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="20_September_2020">20 September 2020</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#20_September_2020" title="nuzba/en">-</a> <a href="/papri/User:Selpahi" title="User:Selpahi">la solpa'i</a> publishes <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_avoX_Xl4I">Ua langu</a>, an original song. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="13_January_2020">13 January 2020</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#13_January_2020" title="nuzba/en">-</a> The <a href="/papri/LFK" title="LFK">LFK</a> is selected and begins meeting on Mattermost. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="24_September_2018">24 September 2018</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#24_September_2018" title="nuzba/en">-</a> <a href="/papri/la_gleki" class="mw-redirect" title="la gleki">la gleki</a> publishes a translation of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jbotcan.org/lojban/en/how-the-enemy-came-to-thlunrana/">How the enemy came to Thlunrana, a story by Lord Dunsany</a> dedicating it to a new meeting of the <a href="/papri/LLG" class="mw-redirect" title="LLG">LLG</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="24_July_2018">24 July 2018</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#24_July_2018" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la evar usar published <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kI__OTFn0o">an English video introduction to Lojban</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="15_May_2018">15 May 2018</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#15_May_2018" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la evar usar published <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vimeo.com/269814241">The Magic Unsystem (makfa nalciste)</a></i>, the fifth episode of a Lojban-language worldbuilding video series. (English subtitles) </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="28_April_2018">28 April 2018</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#28_April_2018" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la evar usar published <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vimeo.com/267017304">The Human Inhabitans (remna xabju)</a></i>, the fourth episode of a Lojban-language worldbuilding video series. (English subtitles) </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="30_March_2018">30 March 2018</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#30_March_2018" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la evar usar published <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vimeo.com/262505217">The Rainforest Buffet (cavyricfoi gusta)</a></i>, the third episode of a Lojban-language worldbuilding video series. (English subtitles) </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="28_February_2018">28 February 2018</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#28_February_2018" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la evar usar published <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vimeo.com/257848338">The Food Web (citka je cidja ciste)</a></i>, the second episode of a Lojban-language worldbuilding video series. (English subtitles) </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Archives">Archives</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="30_January_2018">30 January 2018</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#30_January_2018" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la guskant published <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mentulimu.github.io/kocahokucli.html">the first episode of <i>mEntulimu</i></a>, a series of short videos about Lojban. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="20_January_2018">20 January 2018</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#20_January_2018" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la evar usar published <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vimeo.com/251918917">The Lay of the Land (tcila co tumla)</a></i>, the first episode of a Lojban-language worldbuilding video series. (English subtitles) </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="14_September_2017">14 September 2017</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#14_September_2017" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la guskant published <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vimeo.com/233808507">almapamla</a></i>, a translation of the song <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amapola_(song)">Amapola</a>] by Joseph Lacalle </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="04_January_2017">04 January 2017</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#04_January_2017" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la uakci published <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ciuak.github.io/nodareroifasnu.html">no da re roi fasnu</a></i>, a translation of Polish poem <i>Nic dwa razy</i> by Wisława Szymborska into Lojban. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="12_November_2016">12 November 2016</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#12_November_2016" title="nuzba/en">-</a> <a href="/papri/la_guskant" class="mw-redirect" title="la guskant">la guskant</a> published <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vimeo.com/190637628">lo vliraitru</a></i>, a documentary film in Lojban. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="06_November_2016">06 November 2016</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#06_November_2016" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la uakci published <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ciuak.github.io/sorxaizuheseicatlu.html">sorxaizu'e sei catlu</a></i>, a translation of Polish poem <i>Terrorysta, on patrzy</i> by Wisława Szymborska into Lojban. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="13_October_2016">13 October 2016</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#13_October_2016" title="nuzba/en">-</a> la lalxu published <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lynn.github.io/la-melbi-e-le-ractu/">la melbi e le ractu</a></i>, an original short story in Lojban. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="1_June_2016">1 June 2016</span></h3> <p><a href="/papri/nuzba/en#1_June_2016" title="nuzba/en">-</a> <a href="/papri/la_selpa%27i" class="mw-redirect" title="la selpa'i">la selpa'i</a> published <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://selpahi.weebly.com/jbo/mi-zaho-citno">lu mi za'o citno li'u</a>, an original short story in Lojban. </p> <div style="text-align: right; 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