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Re: [lojban] Re: Zombie



On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:31 PM, And Rosta <and.rosta@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 2:07 PM, <rdentato@gmail.com <mailto:rdentato@gmail.com>> wrote:
    We have a similar problem in Italian with "principii" (principles) and "principi" (princes). With some exercise they come out very distinct.

Those two differ in stress too, tho, don't they.

Jonathan Jones, On 17/08/2012 21:19:

It shouldn't be difficult at in Lojban. {ii} is a diphthong
pronounced "YEE", {i} is a vowel pronounced "EE".

...and that's easy only for native anglophones, helped by the diphthongal character of "EE" in most accents.

I highly doubt that. The consonant-y sound appears in a whole variety of languages.While Japanese doesn't have "yi", it does have や"ya", ゆ"yu", and よ"yo", which are distinctive sounds from あ"a", う"u", and お"o".

--
mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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