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Re: [lojban] Re: vowel counts
- To: lojban@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: vowel counts
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <mark@kli.org>
- Date: 1 Sep 2000 20:34:15 -0000
- In-reply-to: <026201c01423$21e2daa0$22191bc1@rus.ger.com> (d.gudlat@rpluss.com)
- References: <026201c01423$21e2daa0$22191bc1@rus.ger.com>
>Organization: R+S Reengineering und Softwaredesign GmbH
>From: "Daniel Gudlat" <d.gudlat@rpluss.com>
>Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:44:28 +0200
>
>
>coi rodo
>.i la jildicnen cu cusku di'e
>>
>> 'a' and 'i' win by a fair margin over the others... i wonder why that
>> is.
>
>Several possible reasons come to mind:
>
>c) Dipthongs: ai, ei, oi, and au are the lojban standard diphthongs and
>strongly favor i and a.
This last one isn't relevant, since the count was only among gismu, which
have no diphthongs.
Unless they were chosen so as to favor CVV (diphthongal) rafsi.
~mark