Re: [lojban] Re: criteria for the dictionary

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Monday, January 14, 2013 23:03:21 Sebastian Fröjd wrote:
> .iesai Doesn't sound so difficult really. Why not having an algorithm
> translating IPA to lojban for all languages, so for every phone (phonetics)
> you translate it into the most lojbanic phonematic counterpart?

You're going to run into serious problems with languages like these:
Hmong. It has seven tones, syllables begin with consonant clusters like "npl" 
and "qh", and there are no consonants at the ends of syllables (though some 
vowels are nasal, which could be transliterated as "n").
Khoisan languages and Bantu languages that have borrowed clicks from them.
Ubykh and other northern Caucasian languages, which have huge consonant 
inventories.
Georgian. Some consonant clusters violate Lojban phonotactics several times.

Pierre
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