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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:12:39 -0800
From: Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@math.bas.bg>
Subject: Re: How do we translate Dao?
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xod wrote:
> Why not refer to the Dao as "la'e zo dao"?

Make that {dau}.  Most romanisations use _ao_, because _au_ is
easier to confuse with _an_, but the sound is closer to {au}
than to *{ao} (which is not a legitimate Lb diphthong anyway).

--Ivan