From lojban+bncCJ2UzZHuDRCHp5DfBBoEwGHIKw@googlegroups.com Fri May 07 06:20:30 2010 Received: from mail-vw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.212.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1OANTb-0000bM-1M; Fri, 07 May 2010 06:20:30 -0700 Received: by vws20 with SMTP id 20sf353522vws.16 for ; Fri, 07 May 2010 06:20:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:mime-version:received:received :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-authentication-results:x-original-sender:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=HXw2kdgn092nmilw4UM7mP5Sczy5uGnPkk9oQxV9iGI=; b=seE2XI2I00hOosC6CywoU90VLI8nW3ywaq04gDY/gFAijJQMEZGBFN0Wv5QZRp4wnh Fc5/m+oDQpl4gSLL3ZG39N7c0zhdP691oqXwpItgBrrLn7i3r0OoWhHePL8IHgNQrZqI buBqBLliRdI+W1SoCgv4bAC74cOa0nXEgkqk0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-authentication-results :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=clKIDymhixhvKIzKmTOgXuaI/nwznDbQDD2MXNU1XRuGRJBXqECbv018mjazfFkhO/ 5aoGI6Efxf+bUJQX8/UWBzFnT7a1AkRCfBoVUC2ZaeIkEijAiof+VnxeLAn/vy9PUjZC 9BFpGKXKj12BP2TgDUScr65keOC8azwZjHtA0= Received: by 10.220.126.204 with SMTP id d12mr1442vcs.0.1273238407192; Fri, 07 May 2010 06:20:07 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.220.64.164 with SMTP id e36ls8030823vci.1.p; Fri, 07 May 2010 06:20:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.32.19 with SMTP id k19mr1848024ybj.5.1273238405171; Fri, 07 May 2010 06:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.32.19 with SMTP id k19mr1848023ybj.5.1273238405146; Fri, 07 May 2010 06:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-qy0-f179.google.com (mail-qy0-f179.google.com [209.85.221.179]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id 18si151373yxe.12.2010.05.07.06.20.04; Fri, 07 May 2010 06:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 209.85.221.179 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.221.179; Received: by mail-qy0-f179.google.com with SMTP id 9so1732265qyk.2 for ; Fri, 07 May 2010 06:20:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.79.22 with SMTP id n22mr7727384qak.258.1273238403934; Fri, 07 May 2010 06:20:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.82.11 with HTTP; Fri, 7 May 2010 06:20:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4BBF505B.2050705@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 10:20:03 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Cultural fu'ivla: summary and list of the ISO generated ones From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?= To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 209.85.221.179 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=jjllambias@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com X-Original-Sender: jjllambias@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:20 AM, tijlan wrote: > Why does "san" (Sanskrit) become "bansu'anu" rather than less arbitrary > "bansa'ana"? The rule is uniform for all ISO-codes: s -> su a -> 'a n -> nu If you are going to choose the vowel that goes with each consonant by some other method on a case by case basis, the rule becomes more arbitrary, not less. And you have to decide what to do with: h -> xe q -> ke w -> ve y -> je mu'o mi'e xorxes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.