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Re: [ceqli] Re: Vowel combos



on 2/8/04 1:06 PM, HandyDad at lsulky@hidden.email wrote:

> --- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, Rex May - Baloo <rmay@m...> wrote:
>> I'm thinking of allowing the combinations:
>> ia, ie, iu, io  in morphemes of the shape nCVV, all to be
> pronounced as two
>> syllables with the accent on the "i".  This is partly to allow us
> to expand
>> the t-series when we want to, and also to allow for the importation
> of a lot
>> of (I think) words of the "dio" type.
>> -- 
> 
> They'll end up being pronounced the same as "-iya", "-iye", "-iyu",
> and "-iyo".

Exactly.  So, I figure, why not prohibit those and go with ia, etc.?


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