Lojban: The Logical Language

Origin

Lojban is a carefully constructed language designed with the intention of eliminating much of the ambiguity from human communication. It is the result of five decades' worth of collective efforts by hundreds of people.

Notable features

Lojban is designed to be used by people to communicate with one another, and possibly to communicate with computers in the future.
Lojban is designed to be culturally neutral.
Lojban grammar is based on the principles of logic.
Lojban has an unambiguous grammar.
Lojban has phonetic spelling, and unambiguous resolution of sounds into words.
Lojban is simple compared to natural languages; it is easy to learn.
Lojban's 1300 root words can be easily combined to form a vocabulary of millions of words.
Lojban is designed to be culturally neutral.
Lojban is regular; the rules of the language are without exception.
Lojban attempts to remove restrictions on creative and clear thought and communication.
Lojban has a variety of uses, ranging from the creative to the scientific, from the theoretical to the practical.

Lojban alphabet

Source: The Offical Lojban homepage (www.lojban.org).

Sample text

ro remna cu se jinzi co zifre je simdu'i be le ry. nilselsi'a .e lei ry. selcru .i ry. se menli gi'e se sezmarde .i .ei jeseki'ubo ry. simyzu'e ta'i le tunba

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Translated into Lojban by Ben Slusky

Longer sample text (Tower of Babel)

Links

Lojban for beginners
http://ptolemy.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/lojbanbrochure/lessons/book1.html

nuzban - news site entirely in Lojban
http://nuzban.wiw.org/

Other International Auxiliary Languages

Blissymbolics, Esperanto, Folkspraak, Ido, Interglossa, Interlingua, Interlingue/Occidental, Lojban, Novial, Volapük

Other languages written with the Latin alphabet