--How is the letter "o" pronounced in Lojban? Is it the monophthong "o", as in English "on"? Is it the diphthong "ow", as in English "own"? (It's hard to describe sounds in writing so I linked to spoken audio samples)
I ask because the pronunciation guide of the "Level 0 Booklet" seems to be indicating it is the latter, based on how I think "joke" and "note" are pronounced: http://lojban.org/publications/level0/brochure-utf/phonol.html
However, from the same page: "Lojban has diphthongs as well, but these are always represented by the two vowels that combine to form them."
I presumed the intent behind Lojban's phonetic spelling was that each letter represents a pure vowel sound and I noted that the pronunciation of "Lojban" on its Wiki article seems to indicate the pronunciation might be the former monophthong: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Jbo-lojban.ogg
Thus I've been presuming "o" in Lojban would be pronounced as in English "on" and thus "ou" would be the Lojbanic diphthong to represent "ow" as in English "own". Is this correct?
Thanks,
Timothy
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