TABLE 4: Most-learnable Words

LOGLAN

ENGLlSH
0.28

CHINESE
0.25

HINDI
0.11

RUSSIAN
0.10

SPANISH
0.09

JAPANESE
0.06

FRENCH
0.06

GERMAN
0.05

SCORE
1.00

MATMA 
[MOTHER]

MOM
MAM

MA
MA

MATA
MATA

MAT
MAT

MAMA
MAMA

OKOSAMA
OKOSAMA

MAMAN
MAMA

MUTTER
MUTR

0.94

SUPTA 
[SOUP]

SOUP
SUP

TANG
TAN



SOPA
SOPA

SUPU
SUPU

SOUPE
SUP

SUPPE
ZUPA

0.76

BLANU 
[BLUE]

BLUE
BLU

LAN
LAN

NILA
NILA

GALUBOI
GALUBOI

AZUL
ASUL


BLEU
BLU

BLAU
BLAU

0.76

RISMI
 [RICE]

RICE
RAIS

Ml
Ml


RIS
R!S

ARROZ
AROS


RIZ
RIS

REIS
RAIS

0.71

DERTU 
[EARTH .SOUL]

DIRT
DRT

TU
TO

DHARTI
DARTI


TIERRA
TIERA


TERRE
TER

ERDE
ERDA

0.71

TRELU 
[TRAIL]

RAIL
REL

TIELU
TIELU

REL
REL

RIELS
RIELS

BARRERA
BARERA

RERU
RERU

RALE
RAL

RELING
RELIN

0.71

VITCU 
[SEE]

VIEW
VIU

CHOU

TCOU


VID[lET]
VID

VI
VI


VISION
VIZIO


0.67

PLUCI 
[PLEASE]

PLEASE
PLIZ

SHI
Cl

KHUSH
KUG


PLAC[ER]
PLAS-

TANOSHIMI
TANOCIMI

PLAIfRE]
PLE-

LUST
LUST

0.65

FORLI 
[STRONG]

FORT
FORT

LI
u



FORTE
FORTE


FORT
FOR

FORT
FOR

0.65

SORLU 
[EAR]

AURAL
ORL

RH GU
RGU


SLUM
SLU

OREJA
OREHA


OREILLE
OREI

OHR
OR

0.63

KLESI 
[CLASS]

CLASS
KLAS

LEI
LEI


KLASS
KLAS

CLASE
KLASE


CLASSE
KLAS


0.65

GRODA
[BIG]

GROSS
GROS

DA
DA


SHCHI-
ROK[IOI]
CTCIROK.

GRAND[E]
GRAND-.


GROS
GRO

GROSS
GROS

0.65

 

MOST-LEARNABLE WORDS in Loglan have high "total learnability" scores measured in terms of the phonemes that compose the corresponding words in all of tlie eight natural languages. Each natural word is respelled in letters representing Loglan speech sounds, with the letters in bold face indicating the speech sounds shared with the Loglan word. As this table indicates, the common features of English, Spanish, French and German, which are


spoken by 52 per cent of the target population, predominate in the determination of these high-scoring Loglan words. Because of its great number of speakers and its typically short words, Chinese also makes a contribution, Russian and Japanese show up with the smallest frequency. Hindi, with its short, consonant-rich words, is intermediate despite its slight similarity to the other Indo-European languages.