Hello, and welcome to lojbanistan!
There are various acceptable approaches. For geographical entites,
I prefer to lojbanizeÂits offficial name i.e. in the language of of its country.Â
So, Athens would be http://jbovlaste.lojban.org/dict/atinas,
based on the Greek ÎÎÎÎÎ, Athina.
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In this approach, 'Canada' being a bilingual country, has two acceptable
pronunciations: kenyDAS and KEnydys.
'SÃo Paulo' requires a compromise i.e. lojbanizing as closely as possible:
http://jbovlaste.lojban.org/dict/saupaulos
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There is no justificationÂfor basing names onÂtheir English pronunciation unless
English is si the local languageÂ.
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totus
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----- Original Message ----
> From: CQuake <lojban-out@lojban.org>
> To: lojban-list@lojban.org
> Sent: Mon, March 15, 2010 4:27:06 PM
> Subject: [lojban] Lojbanising words?
>
>
Lojbanising words?
Author: CQuake
Hello, all,
first of all,
> let me introduce myself: I'm Sabrina, Brazilian woman which is actually living
> in the heart of the green heart of Austria: the tiny and beautiful city of Graz.
> Pleasure to meet you! =)
Actually I'm learning Lojban via Lojban for
> Beginners, and I (already) have a doubt, about lojbanising words:
Athens
> - Athina, for instance, becomes .atinas. In Portuguese we use to say A-TEH-nas,
> and in Italian, A-TEH-ne. So how should I lojbanise these words? Does it exist a
> sort of common rule?
Thank you,
> guys.
Ciao,
Sabrina.
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