[lojban-beginners] Re: double letters

["Turniansky, Michael [UNK]" <MICHAEL.A.TURNIANSKY@saic.com>]

  It's because these vowels are acting as semi-consononants ("w" and "y" in English) in that position.

      --gejyspa

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From: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of m.kornig@sondal.net
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:47 PM
To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: double letters

Selon Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:

> 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.

Okay. But then you have onsets which are vowels and
not consonants. I find this a bit confusing...

Martin