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[lojban-beginners] Re: consonant diphthongs
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- Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: consonant diphthongs
- From: tijlan <picos.picos@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 13:24:13 +0100
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2008/11/6 Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>
I think I remember reading that the official word on consonant diphthongs do not exist in lojban but I have a question about one consonant combination.
in the word "djica" (desire), how would you pronounce that first part? I can't seem to make the two consonants really separate without inserting an "y" type sound between them. Otherwise it ends up sounding kind of like the "dg" in "judge". Is this ok?
- LB
As for gismu, which are explicitly defined as 5-letter, I tend to pronounce each letter individually so that the presence of gismu in the sound stream is made clearer. So I believe. I can't say for sure whether or not such realization is advantageous to that which doesn't distinguish consonant pairs, for I have no sufficient experience in oral Lojban conversation.
I'm undecided about "xr" which Pierre pointed out. I pronounce "r" sometimes as the one in Spanish, sometimes as in French, sometimes as in Russian, and sometimes as in English. But, again, I tend to try not to insert the "y" sound between the pair, even if that's challenging for me.
mu'o mi'e .tijlan.