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--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, "HandyDad" <lsulky@r...> wrote: > > > > 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.? > > I just realised that you may have been talking about what to do with these three alternative examples: "kya" "kiya" "kia" and presumably these as well: "kwa" "kuwa" "kua" If that's the case, then here's what I'd like to say: I like having the elided/labialised consonants, at least as a pronunciation option, and I think the "ky-" and "kw-" spellings make that most clear. It's going to be hard to maintain distinction between these and "ki-" and "ku-". So I suggest that we retain the form "Cy-" and "Cw-", not permit adjoining vowels ever, and prohibit "Cuw-" and "Ciy-". (I think we're okay with "Cow-".) If we do permit adjoining vowels, we should require a glottal stop between them...but again, hard to maintain. ??? --Krawn