Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tCUpW-0000ZTC; Mon, 6 Nov 95 18:55 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 863C1A44 ; Mon, 6 Nov 1995 17:55:29 +0100 Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 09:50:55 -0500 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: Phonology Paper Released X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199511031722.MAA15695@locke.ccil.org> from "Paulo Barreto" at Nov 3, 95 06:34:00 am Content-Length: 617 Lines: 13 > > As a result, the Lojban design allows the use of a buffer sound > > between consonant combinations which a speaker finds unpronounceable. > > This sound may be any non-Lojbanic vowel which is clearly separable > > by the listener from the Lojban vowels. Some possibilities are IPA > > [I], [+], [U], or even [Y], but there probably is no universally > > Hmm, I don't think [Y] is acceptable. It's a rounded variant of [i], Well, no. [Y] is a rounded variant of [I]; [y] is the rounded variant of [i]. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.