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Well, shouldn't it be "argumentum ad savannam africanam", if the adjective refers to the savanna (which is feminine singular accusative), or eventually "africanum", if it binds to the argumentum (which is neuter singular nominative)?
I can't be the only one thinking "people called Romanes, they go the house?"
It's the ((African savanna) argument), an argument from the African savanna; not the (African (savanna argument)), an African argument about savannas.
I supposed so, but wanted to cover even the less probable alternative in a single comment. (Which purpose is now defeated by the need to write this second comment.)
Well, I thought Kawoomba knew it better than me, and it would be a u-declination (africanus, -u). But no, according to the English Wictionary entry on africanus, it is a/o. So, africanam. Though the last time when I was learning latin was eight years ago, so...
(edit) When we are at it, what's it in Lojban?
I am not a Latin specialist, so I have to rely on Wikipedia in this, but it seems that u-declension is a category for nouns, not adjectives, which seem to never have -u- in feminine accusative singular ending; also, even a u-noun would have -um, not -us, in singular accusative.
I have no idea about Lojban.