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On Monday, October 15, 2012 13:31:16 mashers wrote:
> Am I to assume that phonological assimilation should be avoided when
> speaking Lojban aloud?

Depends on what you're assimilating. Concerning the nasals, /n/ may be=20
assimilated to [=C5=8B] before /g,k,x/, but may not be assimilated to [=C9=
=B1] before=20
/f,v/. Contrariwise /m/ may be assimilated before /f,v/, but not before=20
/g,k,x/. (I'm not sure, without looking at it and trying to decode some=20
krokozyabry, whether the refgram mentions [=C9=B1].)
fonxa
banfi
kumfa
simxu

It's different in Spanish, where "anfibio" is regularly pronounced with [=
=C9=B1]; the=20
"nf", which explains the "nf" in "banfi", is just a spelling rule, and ther=
e's=20
only one distinct nasal preceding a stop or fricative or at the end of a wo=
rd=20
(not counting foreign words). And it's different still in English, which=20
distinguishes three nasals at the end of a word. One must not be too hasty =
to=20
be discharged from a hospital, for one would be an impatient inpatient.

There are also several allophones of /r/, which I use in different=20
environments. This isn't really assimilation, as there's nothing tap-like=
=20
about the two vowels in "flira" or roll-like about the "o" or "s" in "morsi=
".

Assimilation of voicing between stops and fricatives does not occur in lujv=
o;=20
instead, one sticks the interfix /=C9=99/ (<y>) between them. If such a pai=
r comes=20
up in a fu'ivla, you can't stick an interfix, but you can assimilate a=20
consonant. The consonant is then written as assimilated. For instance, one=
=20
can't say "tcadrvisbadne", but one can say "tcadrvispadne" or "tcadrvizbadn=
e".

Pierre
--=20
When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates.
J=C3=A1 n=C3=A3o percebe nada, j=C3=A1 n=C3=A3o percebe nada.

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