Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tLVLE-0000ZUC; Fri, 1 Dec 95 15:17 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 34F6F8E1 ; Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:17:27 +0100 Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 06:39:00 LCL Reply-To: BARRETO%VELAHF@ECCSA.TR.UNISYS.COM Sender: Lojban list From: Paulo Barreto Subject: Re: buffer vowel X-To: lojban%cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu@TRSVR.BITNET To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 998 Lines: 33 And: > Paolo: Well, actually "Paulo". And: > I'll ask a straightforwarder question: which lgs have Lojban's 7 > vowel system (taking /%/ to be centred on central [I-])? myself: > How about Rumanian? And: > Do you know whether you can get 7-way minimal pairs (minimal > septuples)? Is there some environment where all 7 vowels contrast, > and the full brunt of the contrast is borne by vowel quality? > [Speaking phonologically.] Eeech, wait, I'm not a professional linguist, nor a Romanian language teacher :-) You mean something like *{ba b\u{a} be bi b\^i bo bu} ? My Romanian dictionary and grammar are not at hand by now, but looking up them would take a lot of time, anyway. And: > I have no idea of the answer. Hmm, I haven't either. Isn't there a Romanian lojbanist on the net? co'o mi'e paulos. Paulo S. L. M. Barreto -- Software Analyst -- Unisys Brazil Standard disclaimer applies ("I do not speak for Unisys", etc.) e'osai ko sarji la lojban.