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Loglan

/ˈlɒɡlæn/

Loglan proper noun: any of several related artificial languages, designed to be logical, the first of which was developed by James Cooke Brown in the mid-20th century.

Proper noun

Loglan

  1. Any of several related artificial languages, designed to be logical, the first of which was developed by James Cooke Brown in the mid-20th century.
  2. The original language developed by James Cooke Brown, as maintained by The Loglan Institute.
    • The Loglan formal grammar is made up of 91 CFG-type rules.
    • Loglan is an isolating language, much like English. That means that once you’ve learned a word, you don’t have to worry about changing its form. Even in English, you have to remember to add ‘-ed’ to a verb to make it refer to the past, and ‘-s’ to nouns to make them plural. In Loglan, you won’t...1994 May, Stephen L. Rice, “Loglan 3 : Understanding Loglan”, in www.loglan.org, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2024, retrieved 04 Aug 2012

Examples of Loglan in a sentence

  • Loglan is an isolating language, much like English.1994 May, Stephen L. Rice, “Loglan 3 : Understanding Loglan”, in www.loglan.org, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2024, retrieved 04...
  • Typically, the people who develop Romanization systems (or constructed languages like Loglan or Iqglic they'll want their alphabet to minimize surprises so that it's easy to learn.2023 September 26, dan04, Linguistics Stack Exchange:

Origin of Loglan

Short for logical language.

Questions about Loglan

What does Loglan mean?
Loglan means any of several related artificial languages, designed to be logical, the first of which was developed by James Cooke Brown in the mid-20th century.
How do you use Loglan in a sentence?
Loglan is an isolating language, much like English.
What part of speech is Loglan?
Loglan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Loglan?
Loglan is pronounced /ˈlɒɡlæn/.

Words near Loglan in the dictionary

  1. logject
  2. logjects
  3. logko
  4. logkos
  5. logKOW
  6. Loglan
  7. loglang
  8. loglanger
  9. loglangers
  10. loglangs
  11. logless

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