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Re: [lojban] World-historical and religious figures in Lojban



From: "David Twery" <dbtwery@bellatlantic.net>
li'o
>I wasn't sure I could use {soldji} in a recent post as an example
> because I thought perhaps Lojban had forbidden {ldj} on the grounds that
it
> would not be distinct from {lj}, just as {ndj}, {ndz}, {ntc} and {nts} are
> forbidden. But this is not so.

I suspect that {ndj}, {ndz}, {ntc} and {nts} are banned as a carry-over from
Loglan,

i suspect that the fact that in english such sounds after -L- are far rarer than after -N- ("bilge" is a famous unrhymable) may have something to do with it.
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