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== Categorical pronoun set ==
== Categorical pronoun set ==
These are pronouns that can be used to refer to any object of that particular category; like natlang pronouns, their referent may be ambiguous. If disambiguation is needed, there's always '''goi'''...
These are pronouns that can be used to refer to any object of that particular category; like natlang pronouns, their referent may be ambiguous. If precision is needed, there's always '''goi'''.
* '''reu''' : [KOhA] pronoun: person (prenu)
* '''reu''' : [KOhA] pronoun: person (prenu)
* '''deu''' : [KOhA] pronoun: animal (danlu)
* '''deu''' : [KOhA] pronoun: animal (danlu)

Revision as of 15:02, 17 July 2015

Eulojban is a subdialect of Lojban; specifically, a subdialect of the ce ki tau jei dialect (thus use of Eulojban presupposes use of ce ki tau jei, and is not meant to duplicate anything already reassigned by CKTJ)

It has one characteristic feature: eu is a valid diphthong in Eulojban. This gives more room for monosyllabic cmavo (and potentially rafsi).

Here are some suggested assignments for this new cmavo space (currently tentative):

  • peu : [NEU] = po'u lo
  • neu : [NEU] = no'u lo

Categorical pronoun set

These are pronouns that can be used to refer to any object of that particular category; like natlang pronouns, their referent may be ambiguous. If precision is needed, there's always goi.

  • reu : [KOhA] pronoun: person (prenu)
  • deu : [KOhA] pronoun: animal (danlu)
  • teu : [KOhA] pronoun: inanimate object, includes plants (dacti jenai danlu)
  • feu : [KOhA] pronoun: female (fetsi)
  • meu : [KOhA] pronoun: male (nakni)
  • zeu : [KOhA] pronoun: place, location (stuzi, mnemonic: zvati / CKTJ-zai)
  • seu : [KOhA] pronoun: abstractions, ideas, thoughts (su'u)
  • xeu : [KOhA] pronoun: generalized person, "one"/general-you (mnemonic: xanri)

Further crazy ideas

q might be [ŋ] (cf. Ceqli, Toaq Dzu). [ŋ] is still considered an allophone of n before k/g/x, thus the combinations qk / qg / qx are disallowed. This variant might be rendered la .eulojbaq. This allows even more space, such that qa, qai, even qeu are potential cmavo.

No suggested words yet, though it would "solve" the problem of how to transliterate certain cmevla, like Bing (Microsoft's search engine); there is disagreement of whether it should be rendered la .bing. or la .bin. . Theoretically, since [ŋ] is supposed to be an allophone of n, the latter would be more correct, but would likely not be pronounced accurately, and might be harder to understand. The former is clearer, but the necessity of pronouncing it with an [ng] / [ŋg] ending is displeasing to some. Under Eulojbaq, it's la .biq.