On 7/16/07, m.kornig@sondal.net <m.kornig@sondal.net> wrote:
Selon Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>: > > There are exactly 10 valid nuclei: a, e, i, o, u, ai, au, ei, oi, y. Jorge, you seem to have missed out a number of diphthongs. At least the following: ia, ie, io, iu, ua, ue, ui, ua. Actually all eight are cmavo!
It is possible to count rising diphthongs as nuclei, but then the rules become more complicated, because then you have to say which onsets are allowed to go with which nuclei. I find it more parsimonius to treat the i/u in rising diphthongs as part of the onset. mu'o mi'e xorxes