[lojban-beginners] Re: towns and countries

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Jan 6, 2008 1:37 AM, Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org> wrote:
> Pierre Abbat wrote:
> >
> > According to the syllabication rules which Jorge and I have been discussing,
> > which we don't agree on but which we agree on about this word, {mozgvas} and
> > {moskfas} are invalid, because a syllable can neither end with "zg" or "sk"
> > nor begin with "gv" or "kf".
>
> There is no official restriction that I know of, and changes in the
> morphology are not part of the byfy charter at this point.

The official rules on morphology are self-contradictory in parts and
incomplete, so what's needed is not so much a change as a
consistent and complete definition.

In any case, my current position (though it fluctuates) is towards
"anything goes" for cmevla, but with a division of cmevla into two
classes, one fully lojbanized that only contains syllables that are
possible in lujvo and the other for the rest. Names that don't belong
to the fully lojbanized class will retain a foreign flavour even if
accepted as valid Lojban.

mu'o mi'e xorxes