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Is there anywhere where people are trying to have a conversation just in Autlang? It would be easier to learn and find errors if it's actually being spoken.

Annoying as this may seem, that doesn't do much for me. I'd expect an autlang not to replace english (and other natural languages) but to add words for concepts that  are difficult to express due to the NT-oriented evolution of natural languages.

This Ballastexistenz post struck very very very very close to home. THIS is the stuff I want in an autlang:

http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=340

What I'm saying is that I fail to see the point in replacing words that are already well-covered by ordinary language. Maybe it can be of help to some LFA with speech problems. Maybe we really need /two/  autlangs.

A language does not need to have individual words to describe every single potential thing or concept.  What it does need to have is a grammar/syntax/ruleset that allows and even encourages the description of things with a construct of words.  German and similar languages that encourage compound words add even more flexibility.  Since human beings are generally lazy and energy-conscious - when the energy being expended is their own - the general trend of all languages is toward the creation of singular words to describe often-used things or concepts, and further to sometimes even shorten multi-syllabic words or phrases or make them easier to pronounce in a particular dialect (thus the origin of "contractions" in English).

Still, for less frequently described things and abstracts, there is no reason to have a dedicated word for them, nor is it efficient or practical to expand a language's vocabulary in such a reckless fashion.  The fact that Ballastexistenz was able to successfully express in English the rare concepts for which she thought there should be dedicated words is evidence that English is already doing an effective job of letting her communicate; single words would only be useful if those things or abstracts were such a frequent element of communication that expanding the vocabulary became a useful tradeoff.

I don't see something like autlang being capable of handling the real necessities of communication.

Esperanto is most definitely not the best conlang people have come up with so far.

Actually, I can't, might you inform me?

Human language is not logical, deal with it or face the consequences. A really logical language would have to be based on a language, such as standard first order predicate logic. I think logban/lojban is like this. All the attempts here so far seem to have completely failed to take the idea of a logical language to its logical conclusion.

A logical language would probably be very difficult to express complex stuff in, anyway.

Then check out natural languages that are like that. I hear Turkish (don't speak it myself, so I can't really verify) is like that, in that it has strict rules and is virtually exception-free.

In case no one else has noticed, "mu" in autlang currently means both "wash" and "stand". The same is true for "do," which means both "blue" and "write.

this figgin, would you like it toasted?