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Re: [lojban] A phrase with all the phonemes of Lojban?



On Friday, January 27, 2012 00:44:29 Sid wrote:
> Would {ia}, {ie}, {io}... and such be considered separate phonemes? Or
> would you be ok with having one of them only, interpreting it as a
> sequence of /j/ and a vowel? Same with /u/ ~ /w/.

If the phrase doesn't have all the diphthongs, it should have both 
<ia/ie/ii/io/iu> and <ai/ei/oi>. Also it should have <r> in enough contexts to 
show the different allophones.

Pierre
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