Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0t8XqB-0000ZQC; Thu, 26 Oct 95 21:19 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id DDD30335 ; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 20:19:50 +0100 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:39:09 -0400 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: Incredible! X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199510252131.RAA20932@locke.ccil.org> from "ucleaar" at Oct 25, 95 09:25:05 pm Content-Length: 716 Lines: 16 la .and. cusku di'e > There are 2 kinds of syllable, C(@) and CV. @ is schwa and can be > omitted between certain consonant pairs. Cmavo are all of form CV > or CVCV or CVCVCV, etc. Gismu are all of form C(@)CV (with 17 C > and 5 V, that gives 1445 possible gismu; Lojban actually has 7 V > phonemes and 22 C phonemes, so that gives 2904 possible gismu). This involves throwing overboard the current gismu-assignment system with its effort to be mnemonic in six languages proportional to their number of speakers, of course. That principle is actually far older in the Project than the rafsi principle. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.