[lojban-beginners] Re: mi cnino la lojbanistan.

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Saturday 01 August 2009 06:13:43 Ryan Leach wrote:
> Mi na djica lo nu kurki (I don't want to be disagreeable) (*I think I
> got that right anyway*)
>
> but I think the name should be spelled, rai.yn. Otherwise, according
> to the rules of lojban pronunciation, you would need to form a
> tripthong (combine the vowel sounds) and there aren't any tripthongs
> in lojban, so it would be even more difficult.

"raiyn" is the same as "rai,yn". "aiy" is not a triphthong, but "ai" is a 
diphthong, so a syllable break is assumed after "ai".

There is no list of triphthongs in the Book, but some people infer 
from "i,iai,i,iai,ion" that there are triphthongs. If there are triphthongs, 
then "amliau" is a word and "mliau" isn't; if there aren't, "amliau" breaks 
up and "mliau" is a word. ("mliau" has been proposed for "meow".) Either 
way, "mliaue" is a valid word.

Pierre