oa (“I Must”) - LOGLAN SONG

Yes, you read that right! Please enjoy this cute little song in Loglan. Massive thanks to Dr. Randall Holmes, CEO of the Loglan Institute, for all of the encouragement and technical assistance that made this project possible :)
ia, i tu pa dreti ridle toi! i eo nu pluci levi cmabii ge logla genza je lemi nu pebtia muzgi pe la Ritsekta gue, ja melao "Ai". i siasiasia hoi Gandias Rendll Hollmz, ja Cefli je la Logla Stogru, e ja filjuo, e pebdja gudsange nukou lepo ga blicu ga levi muzgi bua, soi crano.
(This song is fully intended as a PARODY. The original, you ask? I apologize but you'll need to figure it out -- this site evidently does not believe in fair use!)
Download link: noiseandbells....
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Loglan is a constructed language, often described as the first “logical language.” Originally developed in the 1950s by sociologist and science fiction author James Cooke Brown, Loglan was devised as a perfectly logical language free from ambiguity and cultural baggage, which would theoretically allow large-scale testing of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: a conjecture which proposes that the language a person speaks constrains, guides, or at least influences that person’s thoughts and behavior. Loglan’s popularity reached a zenith in the 1970s, and has since declined - largely eclipsed by Lojban, another logical language itself directly based on Loglan.
Meanwhile, in the many quiet years since then, work has nonetheless actively continued on the Loglan project - largely through the efforts of the Loglan Institute and Dr. Holmes, who as a logician had previously assisted James Cooke Brown himself with refining Loglan long before taking charge of TLI. Many of the issues which once plagued the language (several of which contributed to dissent and schisms in the community which ultimately resulted in the creation of Lojban) have since been resolved, and the language in its current state has become significantly more practical and elegant than its original incarnation. Ironically, as a longtime Lojbanist myself, I can attest that despite the wrinkles which remain to be ironed out, I have found that modern Loglan even manages to excel in some areas in which its daughter Lojban struggles as a practical, everyday means of human communciation.
If you’re interested in learning and/or contributing to Loglan, come join the Loglandia Discord server! / discord
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Lyrics
i ke mi tu pa cluva
ki mi tu cluva na.
ice mi vie supo nerbi
fiazu pazda, i oa.
i iu mu pazu vizkue
na supo dzoru guo.
i mi nordri letu namci;
i aiai mi duvri buo.
i mi tu cluva pia ce fiazu,
i mi tu cluva nia.
i mi tu cluva na lepo mu
darkue ca snikue, i ia.
i vie lepo mi kalkao
go sifdui tu na ba:
no ga santi ga le muzgi,
jao jui raba sonda pluci.
i mi pazda ui pia lepo dui,
hoi dipri, i oa.
i vie lepo mi kalkao
go sifdui tu na ba:
no ga santi ga le muzgi,
jao jui raba sonda pluci.
i mi pazda ui pia lepo dui,
hoi dipri, i oa.
i oa.

[@jameswilliams2269]

I'd like to see a video comparing loglan and lojban. I wonder how similar they are.

[@ratatoskindependent4280]

Absolutely DARLING cute song! =) /Laura

[@IM2awsme]

Nice

[@savaeyet]

Mi ne konas nek "Toki Ankoraŭ" nek "Loglan", kaj Mi eĉ ne konas "Logjban", Sed mi ja Scias Esperanton!

[@savaeyet]

Sed mi ŝatus lerni unu el ili!

[@savaeyet]

Cetere, kiel vi lernis ĉion ĉi? Mi tre ŝatus lerni kaj lerni iun ajn el ĉi tiuj lingvoj memstare laŭ via metodaro!

[@LaPingvino]

Toki Pona (Tokipono), ne Toki Ankorau xD

[@savaeyet]

@@LaPingvino Pardonu mi

[@Jaffra]

ra letu muzgi ga grada

[@janmusi]

do you use auto tune? just asking bc I'm curious lol

[@NoiseAndBells]

I do not use autotune for any of my songs. A bit of compression and EQ on the vocals, but that's about it :)

[@janmusi]

man i could never sing that good :|@@NoiseAndBells

[@janmusi]

also i gives me a sense of power whenever the creator comments to my comments, b/c it makes me feel like relevant to their community, so thanks

[@jeromegay9865]

(.i mi nintadni lo lojbau) what does "cluva" mean, I can't seem to find it in the online dictionary (la sutysisku mainly)

[@NoiseAndBells]

means "x1 loves x2" in Loglan -- the Lojban equivalent is {prami}. To search Loglan words on sutysisku, you need to select the Loglan option. la-lojban.github.io/sutysisku/lojban/index.html#seskari=cnano&sisku=cluva&bangu=loglan&versio=masno

[@jeromegay9865]

@@NoiseAndBells Thanks for your reply, my bad, I didn't realize the song was in loglan and not lojban!

[@mungojelly]

.au bu'o loglo tadni .i si'au melbi mutce bangu co cinmo mutce voksa

[@JusticeKarol]

ua pendo i mi gleki gleki gleki lo do zgike i puzi je ca ku mi cortu lo degji jecu na kakne lonu zgipi'o
i lo ti zgike cu gasnu lonu mi cisma gi'e zgigei iu ui
i ki'e sai do