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On 5/22/05, Rex May <rmay@hidden.email> wrote: > I'm beginning to think that maybe the following vowel here is > more important than the leading consonant. I mean, for me, > > pwa, pwe, pwi > > are easy to say and hear, but pwo and pwu are not. That makes sense. > In like manner, tho maybe to a lesser degree, I find > > cya, xya, sya > > rather better than cye, xye, sye. > > But not by much, so I'd decide to prohibit c/x/s+y. There. I just > decided it. Good. > And prohibit at least the combos yi, wo, and wu. Probably a good idea. Maybe "ye" as well? It was the one that started this whole thread, after all. > How's this list sound for cwaba? > > B+L, R, W, Y > C+W > D+L, R, W, Y > F+L, R, W, Y > G+L, R. W, Y > H+L, R > J+W > K+L, R. W, Y > P+L, R. W, Y > S+F, K, L, M, N, P, R, T, W > T+L, R, W, Y > V+L, R, W, Y > X+K, L, M, N, P, R, T, V, W > Z+B, D, G, L, R, W, Y That looks pretty good. I like the way you rule out anything except /w/ after the affricates, and everything but liquids and semivowels after the stops. I'm not so sure about /hr/ and /hl/, though. > And 2 nasals and liquids in any combination are permitted as > long as they're bracketed by vowels. A few n/l pairs are allowed > to end a morpheme — A vowel must go before, but none is > needed afterward: > > RN, RM LN, LM Why not RQ and LQ? -- Jim Henry http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/review/log.htm