Re: [lojban] [was]: names of the elements

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

klaus schmirler scripsit:

> Question: since rounded vowels (except maybe back vowels 
> where the difference is hard to hear--i don't know of any 
> language that opposes rounded and unrounded back vowels) 

Vietnamese is probably the best known.

> don't exist in lojban, would it be permissible to introduce 
> rounded allophones? for instance in order to show that you 
> know other languages besides lojban [bashful snickereen on 
> my part].

Certainly.  In Lojban, ö and ü are heard as e and i respectively.

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