Após a publicação de The Complete Lojban Language, esperava-se que "the documented lexicon would be baselined, and the combination of lexicon and reference grammar would be frozen for a minimum of 5 years while language usage grew.
ɐpˈɔz ɐ pˌublikɐsˈɐ̃ʊ̃ dɨ (en)ðə(pt-pt) kˌumplˈɛtɨ luʒbˈɐ̃ŋ lˌɐ̃ŋɡwˈaʒɨ, ʃpˌeɾˈavɐsɨ kɨ "(en)ðə(pt-pt) dˌukumeɪŋtˈed lˌeksikˈoŋ wˈowld bˈɨ bˌɐzɨlinˈed, ˈɐ̃ŋd (en)ðə(pt-pt) kˌumbinˈeɪʃɐ̃ŋ ˈɔf lˌeksikˈoŋ ˈɐ̃ŋd ʁˌefɨɾˈeɪŋsɨ ɡɹɐ̃mmˈaɹ wˈowld bˈɨ fɹˈozeɪŋ fˈoɹ ɐ mˌinimˈũŋ ˈɔf sˈiŋku jɨˈaɾəz wˈilɨ lˌɐ̃ŋɡwˈaʒɨ ˌuzˈaʒɨ (en)ɡɹˈuː(pt-pt).