Subject: Re: Symmetry of Lojban phonology [ was Re: [lojban] on Lojban pronunciation ]

From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:50:22 -0400

At 04:58 PM 06/23/2000 -0400, Brook Conner wrote:
>As
>for the lack of a labial or palatal liquid or semivowel, as I recall,
>Loglan had a "w" and a consonantal "y", which would have filled in those
>spots.

y is the consonantal buffer in TLI Loglan - that is not a consonant but a 
brief sound to separate consonants without being taken as a vowel; w has 
the phonetic value of u umlaut but is used only in borrowings.

lojbab
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