Re: [txeqli] Alphabet

Mike: >> "eu  as in  wAYWard (Esperanto 'eu^')"
Is this /ew/? And it's a diphthong? I don't find any words in the
glossary with this sound. Are there likely to be a large enough number
of highly desirable loans containing this diphthong?

Ray: >> This sound, even in esperanto, occurs only in a few Greek loanwords (eufemismo, euforio, Eufrato, eugeniko, eukalipto, eukaristo, eunuko, Eurazio, Europo and eutanazio).  In English the pronunciation becomes: [yu:f`miz`m, yu:fo:ria, .yu:freiti:z, yu:jeniks, yu:k`lipt`s, yu:k`rist, yu:n`k, .yu:reiZa, .yu:r`p, `nd yu:T`neiZa].  In German they pronounce these words fairly similarly to the English. I think it is unnecessary to have this diphthong in a conlang or auxlang.  I'd rather see the Traditional Esperanto "europo" be replaced by either "yuropo" or "uropo" in Reformed Esperanto.  I think all these words can be represented either with "yu" or "u" instead of "eu".