Controversial points in the morphology
> But what
> > actually did is limit clusters to a single consonant plus an
> > initial cluster, which ends up being a maximum of four consonants.
>
> You don't give any reason for this, just explanation of how it
> works.
Syllables start with a permissible initial cluster.
>From any cluster, any final group that is a permissible initial
can be the start of a syllable. The rest must be part of the
preceding syllable.
A single consonant at the end of a syllable is manageable.
Lujvo never need have more than a single consonant at the end of
a syllable with these definitions. We can then extend this restriction
to fu'ivla: allow a consonant folowed by an initial cluster.
There are other possibilities of course. For example l/m/n/r + consonant
is not so hard at the end of a syllable, but I prefer limiting it to
one because the rule is simpler and that's what happens in lujvo.
The additional restriction for initial clusters (no consonant after
affricates) is also reasonable, I think.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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