From iad@xxxx.xxx.xxx Tue Feb 23 10:12:39 1999 X-Digest-Num: 71 Message-ID: <44114.71.411.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:12:39 -0800 From: Ivan A Derzhanski Why not refer to the Dao as "la'e zo dao"? Make that {dau}. Most romanisations use _ao_, because _au_ is easier to confuse with _an_, but the sound is closer to {au} than to *{ao} (which is not a legitimate Lb diphthong anyway). --Ivan