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Okay. Ignoring the fact that "r" does not occur in native Katanda words... Can I draw the following conclusions? 1) "Karenaldabyo" is on thin ice, because "lda" is reserved for future use, possibly as a classifier. 2) But "Kaleribyo" is not, because although "le" would be reserved by the informal rules, it is not in fact reserved -- it is in use already, but not as a classifier, and names can contain strings that are not classifiers (with the added constraint that they can't begin with consonant clusters). 3) "Kalaribyo" might be even safer, because "la" is not even reserved. And in general I reckon it's safer to avoid consonant clusters in names, since they're almost all in use as classifiers or reserved for such use. *** By the way, has anyone come up with naming conventions for the letters of the alphabet? I know you indicated this could be done, but I didn't know if it had been. Thanks --- ---Kaleribyo