[lojban-beginners] Re: double letters

["Marjorie Scherf" <mls1@rice.edu>]

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Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 9:41 AM
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: double letters

On 7/16/07, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The phonotactic constraints for syllable combinations are as follows:
>
> 1- A syllable with onset ' must be preceded by an open syllable.
> 2- A syllable with voiced coda cannot be followed by one with
> unvoiced onset, and viceversa.
> 3- A syllable with sibilant coda (s, c, z, j) cannot be followed
> by one that starts with a sibilant.
> 4. A syllable with coda "x" cannot be followed by one that starts
> with "k" or "c", and viceversa.
> 5. A syllable with coda "m" cannot be followed by one that starts with
"z".
> 6. A syllable with coda "n" cannot be followed by one with onset "tc",
"ts",
> "dj" or "dz".

One rule I did miss is that a syllable with a coda cannot be followed by
a syllable whose onset begins with that same consonant.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


When is i or u used as an onset without being proceded by . or ' or
consonant? This might be more consistant (and more correct) if you add .i
and .u as onsets with the other Ci and Cu, and then omit the simple i and u
unless there are examples.

mu'mi'e .skarazgik.