Re: [lojban-beginners] enzima & encima etc.

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

On Monday 26 April 2010 14:44:32 tijlan wrote:
> If I were to Lojbanize Spanish "enzima" and "encima", should I use the same
> lerfu for the same sound "z" and "c", resulting in the same spelling? If
> so, which lerfu?

I would use "s" for both; however, in Spanish voicing is nondistinctive on 
both phonemes /s/ and /θ/, so you could use "z" for either. I am not sure if 
there's any environment where [ð] can be an allophone of both /d/ and /θ/, 
since my accent uses /s/ for both "z" and "s".

As far as I can figure out, the Latin American dialects originated in 
Andalusia, which shares both the leveling of /s/ and /θ/ (though in some 
Andalusian dialects they're both pronounced /θ/) and the disuse 
of "vosotros".

I have proposed "zmase" for "enzima".

> Also, should the Lojbanization of Russian sounds reflect its velarization
> such as in "e" and "я", for the purpose of experimental gismu etymology?

Looking at some actual gismu etymologies:
carmi: яркий (iark)
bisli: лёд (liot)
ckiku: ключ (kliuc)
So apparently yes.

Pierre
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