The culture gismu, with explanations (longish)

[cowan (John Cowan)]

This is an explanation of the cultural gismu, broken down by category.
All these words end in "-o" and are drawn from the relevant language
directly rather than being manufactured through the usual process of
combining the six source languages.  Some words fall into more than
one category.

1) Lojban itself:
	lojbo Lojbanic

2) The six source languages:
	jungo Chinese
	glico English
	xindo Hindi
	spano Spanish
	rusko Russian
	xrabo Arabic

3) Six other widely spoken languages:
	bengo Bengali
	fraso French
	dotco German
	ponjo Japanese
	baxso Malayo-Indonesian

4) Two more languages which are closely related to the above 12:
	porto Portuguese
	xurdo Urdi

5) The large countries (gugde) which speak any of these 14 languages,
where their names differ from the language names:
  5a) glico gugde:
	merko American
	sralo Australian
	brito British
	kadno Canadian
	skoto Scottish
  5b) spano gugde:
	gento Argentinian
	xispo Hispanic (a generic term)
	mexco Mexican
  5c) rusko gugde:
	softo Soviet
  5d) xrabo gugde:
	jerxo Algerian
	misro Egyptian
	rakso Iraqi
	jordo Jordanian
	lubno Lebanese
	libjo Libyan
	morko Moroccan
	kisto Pakistani
	filso Palestinian
	sadjo Saudi
	sirxo Syrian
  5e) baxso gugde:
	bindo Indonesian
	meljo Malaysian
  5f) porto gugde:
	brazo Brazilian

6) The continents of the Earth:
	friko African
	????? Antarctic
	xazdo Asiatic
	sralo Australian
	ropno European
	????? North American
	polno Polynesian (really should be Oceanian)
	????? South American

7) A few smaller cultures with widespread influence:
	xelso Greek
	xebro Hebrew
	latmo Latin
	srito Sanskrit
	semto Semitic (Judeo-Arabic)

8) The major religions:
	budjo Buddhist
	xriso Christian
	xebro Hebrew
	muslo Islamic
	jegvo Jehovah(-ist) = Judeo-Christian
	dadjo Tao(-ist)

Place structures:
	x1 is <adjective> in property x2