[lojban] Re: Phonology of L vs R (probleme with japanese speakers ?)

[Zifre <kmicklas@gmail.com>]

Japanese speakers just have to learn to pronounce these sounds, just
as English speakers have to learn not to pronounce x like ' or k. If a
Japanese speaker simply couldn't make the distinction, the only words
that I can see causing confusion are "lo" and "ro".

mu'o mi'e zif

On May 28, 8:52 am, Escape Landsome <escaa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> please be patient with me in the case the question has already be
> posted, but... I wonder ...
>
> As you may now, Japanese speakers do not make distinction between the
> [r] and the [l] sounds.  For them, they are quite the same thing,
> indeed, phonologically speaking, they are the same phoneme (in the
> japanese language system).
>
> So, does it happen there are japanese native speakers in
> lojbanistan ?  How is this particular problem handled ?
>
> Thanks !

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