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--- en:background:vocabulary [2022-07-29 15:34] – [How are distortion penalties calculated?] christian
+++ en:background:vocabulary [2022-11-08 12:04] (current) – [Custom selection of a word to add] Restore original spelling of link christian
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 One common reason is that words are needed in order to express other words that were automatically selected for addition by the algorithm. For example, the concept //today (on the current day)// is expressed as **si den** in Lugamun, so the words **si** 'this, these' and **den** 'day' had to be found and added first before it could be expressed and added as well.
-The other common reason is that words are needed in order to express some specific content in Lugamun. For example, to translate the fable [[trans:Fen Norte wa Sol|The North Wind and the Sun]], the words **norte** 'north, northern' and many others had first to be found and added to the dictionary.
+The other common reason is that words are needed in order to express some specific content in Lugamun. For example, to translate the fable [[trans:Fen Norte va Sol|The North Wind and the Sun]], the words **norte** 'north, northern' and many others had first to be found and added to the dictionary.
 ===== Can a word in Lugamun represent several concepts? =====
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 Lugamun largely relies on an algorithm that converts the corresponding words from all our [[source languages]] into a form that fits our [[en: grammar:phonology and spelling|phonology]] and then ranks them into an order from "best fit" to "worst fit". For the details of how that ordering works, see [[https://www.reddit.com/r/auxlangs/comments/mlf8h8/vocabulary_selection_for_a_worldlang/|Vocabulary selection for a worldlang]].
-XXX Integrate that article into the wiki and update it as needed. Explain that words are now ranked first by the number of related candidates, only then by penalty.
+XXX Integrate that article into the wiki and update it as needed (see also file reddit/vocabulary.md). Explain that words are now ranked first by the number of related candidates, only then by penalty.
 This algorithmic order is only a proposal, the ultimate decision on which word to add is made by a human. Often, but not always, it is indeed the best candidate as determined by the algorithm. The rankings determined by the algorithm and the ultimate choice made are always documented in the [[https://gitlab.com/ChristianSi/lugamun/-/blob/main/data/selectionlog.txt?expanded=true&viewer=simple|selection log]]. If the chosen word was **not** the candidate ranked first, then the rationale for that choice is always stated in the selection log. For example, for the word **un** 'one, first', the log states:
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   * Otherwise a penalty is applied when a consonantal sound doesn't exist in Lugamun and must be converted to the nearest consonant that does exist.
   * Usually /ŋ/ is changed to //n// without a penalty, following the rules described above. However, in the case of Mandarin, a penalty is applied, since these are essentially the only consonantal endings allowed, making this a pretty severe change.
-  * A penalty is applied when dropping a sound or adding a vowel (always //e//) for phonotactic reasons.
+  * A penalty is applied when dropping a consonant or adding a vowel (always //e//) for phonotactic reasons.
 To be considered eligible for selection, a word can have at most //one// penalty applied to it. Those with two or more penalties are automatically skipped when sorting candidates. Originally it was just a rule of thumb that such more severely distorted words would be skipped, but meanwhile it has become a inherent part of the candidate generation process.