Loglang
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loglang n. [< log(ical) & lang(uage).] n. A constructed language designed to express a system of logic, often predicate logic. Usage: This term is sometimes misused to mean "a completely regular language".
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- "I think that NGL sounds like a loglang. (I confess I have not read the NGL thread.) If you look at actual loglangs - e.g. Loglan/Lojban, Liva, Voksigid, they have design goals over and above that of expressing logical meaning clearly. They aspire to 'self-segregating morphology', for example.
- "What seems to characterize loglangs (in the broad sense, including NGL) is that they have explicit design goals that are sufficiently objective for it to be possible to estimate how successful the solution is.
- "Artlangs have no design goals of that type, and IALs (prototypically) do not either; rather they have the non-design goal of getting used as an IAL." - And Rosta, "Subject: NGL & the Gnoli triangle", alt.language.artificial USENET post, 18 Nov 1997
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Explanation
Logical languages are languages which generally have no irregularities and are designed to be disambiguous. Therefore, they are designed to be easier to learn than normal natlangs, as well as being easier to understand. Disadvantages of loglangs, however, are that they can be unnaturalistic and often unsuitable for conworlds. Two of the most famous loglangs are Lojban and Loglan.
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