From lojbab@lojban.org Wed Jul 19 08:51:11 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18566 invoked from network); 19 Jul 2000 15:51:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 19 Jul 2000 15:51:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-5.cais.net) (205.252.14.75) by mta1 with SMTP; 19 Jul 2000 15:51:11 -0000 Received: from bob (dynamic213.cl8.cais.net [205.177.20.213]) by stmpy-5.cais.net (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e6JFpAV69460 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:51:10 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lojbab@lojban.org) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000719114416.00ada460@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:50:22 -0400 To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: Symmetry of Lojban phonology [ was Re: [lojban] on Lojban pronunciation ] In-Reply-To: <3953CF7C.850D3FFA@concentric.net> References: <4.2.2.20000622180643.00b411b0@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" 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 -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org