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Lojban timeline

  • 1954?
  • 1960?
  • 1961?
    • JCB gets small grant for developing Loglan materials from NIMH, which then funded linguistics research.
  • 1964?
    • Loglan mentioned in best-selling science fiction novel by Robert Heinlein _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_.
  • 1968?
    • Loglan books published in microfilm; Loglan 1: language description; Loglan 2: technical justification of design; Loglan 3 partial programmed primer; Loglan 4/5 bi directional English/Loglan dictionary. Linguist Arnold Zwicky reviewed Loglan 1 in a linguistics journal.
  • 1974?
    • Revised edition of Loglan 4/5 published as hardbound and paperbound dictionary; advertised in Scientific American.
  • 1975?
    • Revised edition of Loglan 1 published in hardbound and paperbound.
  • 1976?
  • 1977?
    • first NSF proposal rejected
    • first partial machine grammar of Loglan using YACC by Doug Landauer?
    • first extended Loglan "conversation" (mostly pauses while people looked up words)
  • 1979?
    • Nora Tansky (now Nora LeChevalier) becomes first "member" of TLI. By 1981, there were several members and TLI became nominally a "member-controlled corporation". Lognet? started in 1981 as a communications vehicle for the membership.
    • Great Morphological Revolution work starts. Completed in 1982
  • 1980?
    • gathering of New England Loglanists with JCB visiting - this was the first Logfest
  • 1982?
    • First "complete" machine grammar of Loglan completed by Scott Layson? after significant contributions from Jeff Prothero?
  • 1983?
    • Dissent within the TLI membership over GMR and other technical issues causes JCB to reassert full control of TLI
    • Jim Carter? publishes several variant Loglan materials independently of TLI; this work is labeled Nalgol by pc because "it got everything in Loglan backwards". Debates over Carter's work turn JCB's reassertion of control into a major political fight. Most active Loglanists beome inactive over the next year, and The Loglanist ceases publication.
  • 1986?
    • July - me la uacintyn loglytuan? (the future ju'i lobypli) #1 published as an attempt to create a Washington DC area Loglan Users group and reactivate the membership.
    • September - lojbab restarts the annual gathering of Loglanists at Logfest. Joel Shprentz creates a Loglan area on a BBS, with downloadable Logflash? and Loglan wordlists. JCB perceives lojbab's efforts as an attempt to take over TLI, threatening legal action when lojbab refuses JCB's authority and TLI claims of ownership of his and Nora's work.
  • 1987?
    • April - me la uacintyn loglytuan? became hoi loglypli? with the publication of issue #3.
    • May - on Memorial Day weekend, Lojban (then called Loglan-88) is started by lojbab, Nora LeChevalier (still Tansky at that point), Gary Burgess?, and Tommy Whitlock?. At this point, it is intended merely as an alternative gismu list and phonology to evade copyright claims by JCB.
    • July - The Logical Language Group founded
    • October - lojbab and Nora married in ceremony with vows in primitive Lojban
    • December - initial gismu list completed
  • 1988?
    • January - Lojban publicly announced as Loglan-88 at Evecon science fiction convention
    • February - hoi loglypli? became ju'i lobypli with the publication of issue #4.
    • February - JCB registers trademark for Loglan, threatens to sue lojbab and Nora. The Logical Language Group sues for cancellation of the trademark a year later after negotiations have failed.
    • May - The Logical Language Group incorporated as a non-profit organization.
    • June - work on Lojban machine grammar starts
    • June - "Lojban - A Realization of Loglan" adopted as the name of the language
    • October - earliest complete cmavo list and machine grammar; Grammar Synopsis written for review intending eventual publication. After severe criticism, shelved in favor of a textbook and dictionary as higher priorities. The Complete Lojban Language by John Cowan (1997) was the completion of the Grammar Synopsis.
  • 1989?
    • January - first Lojban class starts, taught by lojbab; draft textbook being written as part of teaching the class, but aborted when the class discovered posed unanswered questions about negation, leading to the "negation paper" which is now a chapter in The Complete Lojban Language.
    • TLI publishes 4th edition of Loglan 1.
    • August - first extended Lojban conversation by members of the first class.
    • Lojban List started by Eric Raymond?
    • Article in Washington Post published; reproduced in JL11 (3/90).
    • "The Open Window" by Saki appears, translated by Athelstan, in JL10 (Nov/Dec 1989), as well as two articles on Lojban poetry.
  • 1990?
    • August. Grammar baselined. Machine grammar published in JL13.
  • 1991?
    • (March; JL14) Loglan trademark cancelled and the cancellation is upheld by the US Court of Appeals.
    • Beginning of the 'Tweeners generation of Lojbanists, and of substantial growth of community online.
    • ziryroi published in July.
  • 1992?
    • Athelstan injured in February.
    • First baselining of the gismu list. JL16 (June/92) announces place structure changes.
    • lojbab promotes Lojban in Russia while visiting Moscow. First international promotion of the language.
    • ckafybarja project initiated.
  • 1993?
    • May - ju'i lobypli #18 published (le terpra cu denpa da poi balvi)
    • June 1 - The Great Rafsi Reallocation goes into effect.
    • December? - Veijo Vilva starts semi-official Lojban web archive, which eventually became www.lojban.org
  • 1994?
    • First baselining of the machine grammar.
  • 1995?
  • 1997?
    • July - language baselined for publication - baseline to last until 5 years after grammar and dictionary and textbook have all been published.
    • November 28 - Publication of The Complete Lojban Language by John Cowan announced.
  • 1999?
  • 2000
  • 2001
    • "tremendous apparent growth" - Many Lojbanists create web pages
    • June 13(?) - the Wiki started by djez
    • alt.language.artificial.lojban (?) created.
    • Lojban beginners list created
  • 2002
    • January 4 - jezrax started this timeline, little realizing what it would become....
    • January 20 - lojbab fills in the gaps; feel free to ask for more dates if something seems missing
    • November 28 - The LLG Board adopts a new baseline policy, thus lifting the language freeze. BPFK instituted to sort out contradictions and clarify underdefined issues in the Lojban baseline
  • 2003?
    • March 29 - BPFK opened for business
  • 2004?
    • Date missing - Robin Lee Powell takes over as head of the BPFK
    • Large influx of new users on the #lojban IRC channel
  • 2006?
    • November 30(?) - XKCD mentions Lojban!

 
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