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Re: [engelang] Re: Self-segmenting words & the treatment of names

On 5/10/06, Martín Baldán <martinob@hidden.email> wrote:


2) If the name begins in vowel, a consonant must be added at the
beginning (usually "H", because it's quite unobstrussive)

3) If it ends in conosonant, a vowel (usually "U", because it's the
consonant cluster breaker) may or may not be added (only if necessary).


You could save some leading particles by making use of the
inserted consonant to indicate whether the name ends in a vowel or not.
So for example an inserted "h" could indicate that the name ends
in a vowel and an inserted "n" could indicate that it ends in a
consonant, and the leading particle would be the same for both.

Saludos,
Jorge