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Ithkuil is really interesting and certainly special, but was never intended as a natural spoken language replacement. Lojban has a more natural word/meaning ver

by jalami 10y ago

Ithkuil is really interesting and certainly special, but was never intended as a natural spoken language replacement. Lojban has a more natural word/meaning verbosity ratio and seems less structurally complex. Ithkuil's goals seem very different than those of Lojban/Esperanto. Edit: I don't like Ithkuil's numbering system. Ithkuil uses base 100 for numbers for some reason. I think base16 or even 12 seems more logical/divisible/memorable. Lojban is base seems to be base16.

rhaps0dy 10y ago
>Lojban's base seems to be base16 There are words for numerals from 0 to F, but the default base is 10. You override that by explicitly saying another base, or using numerals A-F . Sources: Lojban numbers https://lojban.github.io/cll/18/2/ https://lojban.github.io/cll/18/2/ Non-decimal and compound bases. Says nothing about base 16 being assumed when using hex digits. https://lojban.github.io/cll/18/10/ https://lojban.github.io/cll/18/10/ If you use A-F, your listener/reader can assume base 16: https://mw.lojban.org/papri/Lojban_Wave_Lessons#Lojban_Lessons_.E2.80.93_Lesson_nineteen_.28numbers.29 https://mw.lojban.org/papri/Lojban_Wave_Lessons#Lojban_Lesso...