[lojban] Re: Wheels in my Head

[Jorge Llambías <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On 9/19/05, Brandon Wirick <brandon@yrick.com> wrote:
> Wait, what about {.uAcintyn.}? I don't see any convention for
> diphthongs that start with {ibu} or {ubu}.

That's why I said for the most complex type of syllable,
which are the most numerous. (Maybe complex is not
the right word because they can be quite simple. The 
most common type, perhaps.)

That doesn't cover consonantal syllables, syllables 
with affricate onset (tca, tsen, djau, dzoi), syllables with 
semiconsonant onset (ua, bie, niai) and syllables with
an apostrophe onset ('a, 'ik, 'ei, 'aub). These should be
somehow squeezed in the holes left by the general 
system.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

> 
> 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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