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On Sun, 28 Sep 2014, MorphemeAddict wrote:
> Re #2: Russian normally devoices final consonants (not just 'v') of words
> and before unvoiced consonants at morpheme boundaries, but
> since=C2=A0such=C2=A0consonants only occur finally in Lojban cmevla, I th=
ink it's a
> very minor problem.=C2=A0
>=20
> The Russian devoicing doesn't affect l, r, m, n, but this shouldn't affec=
t
> perception of Lojban either.=C2=A0

ki'e Thanks for catching that. My biggest problem as someone who learned=20
Russian as a kid but then didn't have exposure to consistent Russian=20
schooling after the fact is that I am rarely consciously aware of these=20
details.

I also completely forgot when writing point two that indeed in lojban only=
=20
cmevla end in consonants, so in practice I think you're probably right and=
=20
that point would not have all that high of an impact.

mu'o mi'e .aleksandr.kojevnikov.

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