Re: Preliminary Dictionary Database

In a message dated 11/18/2007 10:45:04 PM Central Standard Time,
hmiller@IO.COM writes:


> Traditional dictionaries are organized for easily looking up words you
> don't know in order to find a definition. For a collaborative conlang,
> you need to be able to find a word when you know the definition. But
> without an index of meanings in English, this gets harder the more words
> are defined. So if this is to be usable by English speakers and
> non-English-speakers alike, there should be a framework for organizing
> the vocabulary by meaning.
>
This is one of the reasons why my Saweli is designed the way it is.  The
words in alphabetical order are already roughly in meaning order.

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