Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loglang

/ˈlɑɡlæŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: loglang
IPA: /ˈlɑɡlæŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A language designed to allow (or enforce) unambiguous statements; a logical language.

Example Sentences

"I think that NGL sounds like a loglang. (I confess I have not read the NGL thread.)"
"For example, from 1955 the sociologist and science fiction writer James Cooke Brown invented a loglang called 'Loglan', created to test out the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in linguistics[…]"
"The most notable well-developed examples of loglangs are James Cooke Brown's Loglan (1960) and its derivative Lojban, which was developed between 1987 and 1997 by the Logical Language Group (Cowan 1997)."

Etymology

A syllabic abbreviation of logical language; compare conlang. By surface analysis, suffixed with -lang.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlɑɡlæŋ/
British English: /ˈlɒɡlaŋ/

Inflected Forms

loglangs (plural)

Derived Forms

loglanger

Questions

How do you pronounce loglang?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɑɡlæŋ/.
What does loglang mean?: A language designed to allow (or enforce) unambiguous statements; a logical language.
Where does loglang come from?: A syllabic abbreviation of logical language; compare conlang. By surface analysis, suffixed with -lang.

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