[lojban] Nasal assimilation

[cntrational <cntrational@gmail.com>]

In most languages, when nasals come before stops, they generally assimilate to the stop. So, we don't say "inpossble", we say "impossble" -- /np/ is a cluster that's rare in most languages; it's usually changed to /mp/. Similarly for /mt/ → /nt/ and /mk/ → /ŋk/. Which makes it really weird that Lojban *does* allow clusters like /np/. What's up with that? Seems like a pretty glaring omission in the Lojban phonotactic rules, especially considering how common nasal assimilation is in the world.

mi'e cntr

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