Principal purpose of this list is to explore ways to use Lojban different from Indo-European natlang ways.

Lojban-specific

cmavo-only style[1]. Could be done in many ways; by using pro-sumti and pro-bridi; by extracting selbri from BAI (now this is easier with ) and tenses; by using detailed attitudinals, etc.

Inspired by real language features

, inspired by nounless languages like that of Salishan and Wakashan families[2][3].

Inspired by other constructed languages

Verbless style inspired by Kēlen [4] . See the draft.

. See the draft. toki pona style, with e.g. anaphora instead of nested constructs ({mi pinxe lo tcati .i mi masno lonu go'i}). Vocabulary might or might not be restricted.

Inspired by fictional languages

Tlön styles, from Borges’ short story. Most Tlön languages lack nouns, so sumti are either avoided or thought of as combinations of properties and/or relations. and evidentials are common.

snanu .utloine staile: in Southern Tlön style, meaning is constructed from verbs and adverbs. Example:

mo'i ga'u ku ti'a lo zu'o ru'i flecu cu co'a mluni

berti .utloine staile: in Northern Tlön style, objects are referred to by combination of adjectives (qualities). Possible lojbanic ways to do so: and abstractions, modals making main level bridi into such abstractions (especially and , also and ), and event contours, and interval properties. Example:

se kai vacri je gusni ne'i lo kai'u narju je kandi je tsani





Note: I am tempted to replace {lo zu'o} and {lo kai'u} with something other in these examples, to completely avoid references to (non-abstract) objects. One way to do so is to use modal connectives, e.g {mo'i ga'u co'a mluni .i ti'a bo ru'i flecu} and {se kai vacri je gunsi .i ne'i bo se kai narju je kandi je tsani}, but they are more removed from the word order of original.





melaxoxengron staile, inspired by “language of dreams” in Max Frei novels. Similar to (especially Northern) Tlön style; default evidential is , may also be used.

Inspired by programming languages

, corresponding to imperative programming paradigm. Instead of claims, predicates are understood as commands. Some attempts are done here: Writing algorithms in Lojban.

, corresponding to functional -"- -"- . Selbri understood as functions. See the draft.

, corresponding to logical -"- -"- . Early draft is here. See also la jimpe [5] .

. , corresponding to strict typing.

Miscellaneous

Stack staile, based on proglangs like Forth and PostScript and conlangs like Fith and Nalnuàntir [6]

Improvements of mekso, e.g. fancu bridi mekso proposal[7]

Credits

Many ideas were proposed by la gleki.