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On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 02:51:46PM -0000, uaxuctum wrote: > > I'd have no trouble if 'au' is a diphthong and 'ao' is not, but if > they're > > both diphthongs they sound very similar when I pronounce > them ?because of > > the glide you mention. If both are two-syllables, I don't have > much > > problem. > > Well, then I suppose there will be no problem with ao > and au, as they're supposed to be two syllables > separated by a glottal stop, I think. If vowels are separated by a glottal stop, it will prevent using a glottal stop at the beginning of words that begin with a vowel or weak (such as names and possibly other words). Plus all those glottal stops would get very tiring. Do you honestly think that would be better than Lojban's h sound to separate vowels (which I also think should not be necessary)? -- Rob Speer