Re: [lojban] masknonji

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:28 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/2/18 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>
>>
>> [c, j, s, z] [b, d, f, g, k, m, n, p, t, v, x] [l, r]
>>
>> with the following constraints:
>> - a voiced consonant from the first group cannot be followed by an
>> unvoiced one from the second, and viceversa.
>> - s, c cannot be followed by x
>> - j, z cannot be followed by n or l
>> - d, t cannot be followed by l
>> - n cannot be followed by l, r
>
> What's the justification for these last four constraints?

The designers probably found them harder to pronounce. They all happen
not to occur as initials in English, except perhaps for "zl" as in
"zloty", a borrowed word after all.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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