Loglan

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proper noun Any of several related artificial languages, designed to be logical, the first of which was developed by James Cooke Brown in the mid-20th century.
proper noun The original language developed by James Cooke Brown, as maintained by The Loglan Institute.

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Originally called "Loglan" (short for "logical language") by project founder Dr. James Cooke Brown, who started the language development in 1955, it has been built over three decades by dozens of workers and hundreds of supporters, led since 1987 by The Logical Language Group.

Planet Ubuntu 2009
Today's installment was a serious flashback for me: I was following the Loglan project before the Loglan-Lojban split read: legal court battle happened.

In the Year of the Pig, The Psychic Paramount, Nightlight badger 2006
After becoming bored with Esperanto, Loglan and Lojban I studied Klingon, and actually taught the language for pay through the local community college system here yes, your tax dollars at work.

Austria! Needs! Klingons! badger 2002
Feuds divided and diminished Loglan, Lojban's forebear, which also aimed to eliminate ambiguity and illogicality.

The Economist: Daily news and views 2011
Feuds divided and diminished Loglan, Lojban's forebear, which also aimed to eliminate ambiguity and illogicality.

The Economist: Daily news and views 2011
Required for checklist abc = Loglan cat_check = yes status = 3

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
General article properties pagename = Loglan variant = BE

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009