mlatu and Mother Lang (by sarah)
Last night Mary said her first full and clear Lojban word mlatu meaning cat, she has been saying contractions and muddled versions of words such as dui for ladiu (milk) and of course saying half English half Lojban words. But this was really clear - it came after a day of her pointing to the cats and asking me 'Cat?', to the kitten - 'cat?' yes, 'baby?' yes, 'itten?' yes, 'baby ca?' yes and so on. Then when Alaric had her and the kitten on his lap she said 'mlatu' to which he responded yes.
I'v been working on this concept of making a language primer starting with English and Lojban, it started with lojbani chicken and I have been constructing characters ever since. As part of teaching Mary lojban Al had drawn a face and written the lojban words on it so I thought you know I should get a move on with this and draw Mother Lang's face so we can make a proper version of this.
And so I have. Of course I had to completely finish designing her first which ment drawing all of her! That picture is still a pencil sketch! I'm happy with this one. The idea is that she is the Mother of Language, she has two daughters Coni and Nat who represent constructive languages and natural languages and they live on a farm with such creatures as Lojbani Chicken etc...
Art and Craft, Lojban, Mary, Writing | sarah | 
Thu 18th Apr 2013 1:29 pm
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By gleki, Thu 18th Apr 2013 @ 1:45 pm
banli sai i i'ecai
By sarah, Thu 18th Apr 2013 @ 2:23 pm
ki'e .ui (Thankyou 🙂 )
By lo sadclu, Mon 22nd Apr 2013 @ 12:59 am
sai coi rodo .i banli .i lenu cilre la lojban. kei se xamgu lo do tixnu po rodja kei birti .ui vau .i lenu la lojban. se cilre lo mi tixnu ti'u mi rirni kei ba cu xamgu lo mi tixnu vau .i cai i'e