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Romashka comments on The value of ambiguous speech - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Romashka 06 December 2015 03:27:01PM 0 points [-]

Kinda reminds me how in Tatar language endings of nouns can specify direction and other stuff (kitaphanede - in the library.)

Comment author: kithpendragon 06 December 2015 05:24:45PM 0 points [-]

I'm afraid that really only holds for klama (X1 goes to X2 [destination] from X3 [origin] via X4 [route] using X5 [transportation]) and, perhaps, a few other specific words due to their place structures. There is an extensive set of particles (cmavo) to discuss location and directionality in (usually up to four) dimensions. These, or compounds made from them, may be appended to many grammatical structures. Though, unlike many natural languages, lojban does not actually require utterances to make claims about time or number.

The reference material for the lojban space/time system is here if you are interested, and a quick-reference sheet here, though the latter lacks the grammatical explanations that help the system make sense.