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On Wednesday 22 December 2004 16:15, Jorge "Llambías" wrote:
> --- Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > So far as I know, Lojban syllabification has never been clearly
> > defined.
> >
> > I assume that both cmaxes and valfendi make decisions about this.
> > Is there any way to know if they've made the same decisions?
>
> There is no need to fully define syllabification. All we need
> is to agree on what counts as a syllable core, and we all
> agree about that: Only ai, au, ai, oi, ia, ie, ii, io, iu,
> ua, ue, ui, uo, uu, a, e, i, o, and u count as syllable cores.
> Nothing else. And vowel strings of more than two vowels break
> in pairs from the left, as long as the pair is a valid diphthong.
>
> The only doubt is whether we can use a comma to override
> the left to right pairing. We seem to agree that we cannot.

I say it can, but the only time it matters in valfendi is in a brivla that
ends with a diphthong. If you say {draga,u}, it expects the second A to be
stressed.

phma
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