From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: double letters
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:02:39 -0400
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On Tuesday 17 July 2007 10:09, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> That would give a list of infinite valid onsets. Again, one can restrict it
> by common sense, but I prefer a concrete rule because common sense
> for these things is too dependent on one's linguistic background.
> (You don't really need the additional "ntc" restriction there because "nt"
> is not a valid initial.)

A syllable can end with "n", in which case the following syllable cannot begin 
with "nt".

> {xios,kia,mo}, purely as a string of syllables, would be allowed in my
> scheme, while {skia,mo} wouldn't.
>
> (The morphological issues concerning tosmabru and slinku'i, that involve
> rafsi, have to be considered separately.)

The problem with {xioskiamo} is whether {xio} breaks off, even though there 
are no actual cmavo of the form "CiV" or "CuV". I say it does, and consider 
{xioskiamo} invalid. vlatai considers it valid.

Pierre