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Lojban has 6 vowels and 18 consonants.
Official Lojban references describe the language as having 6 vowels and 17 consonants, not 18.
Full reasoning
Official Lojban materials consistently give the consonant count as 17, not 18.
In The Complete Lojban Language, the official reference grammar says: “Lojban has seventeen consonants” and adds that the apostrophe is not counted as a consonant for this purpose. A separate official introductory FAQ likewise says: “Lojban uses letters of the Roman alphabet to represent its 6 vowels and 17 consonants.”
So the article's count of 18 consonants is incorrect. It appears to come from counting one of Lojban's special characters as a consonant, but the official grammar does not do that.
2 sources
- 3.6. Consonant Clusters — The Complete Lojban Language
Lojban has seventeen consonants: for the purposes of this section, the apostrophe is not counted as a consonant.
- Questions and Answers on Lojban
Lojban uses letters of the Roman alphabet to represent its 6 vowels and 17 consonants.