Re: [lojban] Re: Wheels in my Head

[Brandon Wirick <brandon@yrick.com>]

Wait, what about {.uAcintyn.}? I don't see any convention for
diphthongs that start with {ibu} or {ubu}.

On 9/19/05, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/19/05, Brandon Wirick <brandon@yrick.com> wrote:
> > This is great! I had no idea such work existed. My task will be
> > difficult, however, to sensibly encode these syllables into sixteen
> > bits.
> 
> Dificult, yes. With 17 bits, the most complex type could be
> encoded as:
> 
> 1 bit: stressed, unstressed
> 1 bit: voiced onset, unvoiced onset
> 2 bits: -, c/j, s/z
> 3 bits: -, p/b, k/g, t/d, f/v, x, m, n
> 2 bits: -, l, r
> 4 bits: a, e, i, o, u, ai, au, ei, oi, y
> 4 bits: -, c/j, s/z, p/b, k/g, t/d, f/v, x, m, n, l, r
> 
> (the voicedness of the coda is determined by the
> voiceness of the following syllable, not by that of the onset,
> obviously.)
> 
> Then the other types of syllables, which are simpler, can
> be encoded in the holes left by this scheme. But 16 bits...
> it seems hard.
> 
> mu'o mi'e xorxes
> 
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