TABLE 3: English-containing Words

BAKSO

[BAHK'SOH]

BOX

BATLA

[BAHT'LAH]

BOTTLE

CLIFE

[SHLEE'FEH]

LEAF

DZEGO

[OZEH'GOH]

EGG

FORMA

[FOR'MAH]

FORM

GROCA

[GROH'SHAH]

GROW

GRUPA

[GROO'PAH]

GROUP

KAPRE

[KAHPREH]

COPPER]

KETLI

[KET'LEE]

KETTLE

LAKSO

[LAHK'SOH]

LOCK

KRUMA

[KROO'MAH]

ROOM

NARMI

[NAR'MEE]

ARMY

NIGRO

[NEEG'ROH]

NEGRO

PROZA

[PRQH'ZAH]

PROSE

RIZNU

[REEZ'NOO]

REASON

SAZNO

[SAHZ'NOH]

KNOW

SEDBO

[SED'BOH]

SAID/SAY

TRATI

[TRAH'TEE]

TRY

TRUCI

[TRQO'SHEE]

TRUE

TITCA

[TEErSHA]

TEACH


LEARNABLE WORDS in Loglan for speakers of three of the eight languages of the target population incorporate all of the phonemes of the corresponding word in the natural language and in the same order in which they occur in that word. Thus, according to the assumptions of the Loglan word-finding system, the 20 words at left should prove to be immediately learnable by speakers of English. The Loglan words appear in the first column; their pronunciations in English phonetics, in the second column; the phonemes common to the Loglan and the English word, in bold-face type in the third column. But these words had to score in other languages as well to be accepted in the Loglan lexicon. Similar lists can be drawn up for other major languages and represent the Loglan words that their speakers would learn most easily.