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Re: [lojban] To Polish fellow lojbanists



2010/9/29 Krzysztof Sobolewski <jezuch@interia.pl>:
> Dnia środa, 29 września 2010 o 19:13:54 Jorge Llambías napisał(a):
>> 2010/9/29 Krzysztof Sobolewski <jezuch@interia.pl>:
>> > So could some confirm that using the same sound for {x} and {'} does not introduce ambiguity? :)
>> It introduces plenty of ambiguity. Just consider any CV'V cmavo for a
>> start, which becomes indistinguishable from the two cmavo CV xV.
>
> Well then, I think I'll stick with silent {'}. But this is problematic with things like {du'u} or {zo'o}. Is there any hope for people who don't see (hear) any difference between [x] and [h] (both in IPA, according to Wikipedia)? ;)

Semantic context will often help. There are other distinctions that
can be just as problematic for other people, so you can count yourself
lucky if that's the only one that gives you trouble. For Spanish
speakers s/z, c/j, b/v, and y/e, as well as x/' are often not easy to
tell apart.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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