On Jan 9, 2008 12:54 AM, Penguino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm actually in favor of relaxing the phonotactic rules governing *cmevla*,
> allowing names like [la moskvas.], [la petalindjaias.], and [la djeimz.],
> even though they contain consonant clusters forbidden in other words. After
> all, we already allow names like [la prjevalskis.] or [la pskof.]. This
> would make things easier for beginners, who are often taught how to make *
> cmevla* first.
>
{ndj} {mz} and {kv} cannot be reliably distinguished aurally from {nj} {mbz}
and {kf}/{gv}. I believe that's why those clusters shake out like that.
Another thing I find to be problematic is the [la, lai, la'i, doi]
> restriction. [la] is a very common syllable in Malaysian names. Although I
> could render Kuala Lumpur as [la kualylumpur.], names like Selangor
> [sylanor] prove to be more problematic, since the [la] is stressed, and
> would suffer if replaced by [ly]. Solutions I've considered include
> splitting up the name [la syl.anor.], or modifying the word to place a
> consonant before [la], [la slanor.]. On the other hand, the original name
> couldn't break up into [la sy la nor.], since [sy] would require a pause
> (However it does break up in *la jbofi'e*), so perhaps it can be left well
> alone, along with [la srilankas.], which also cannot break up. But that
> would greatly complicate the *cmevla* morphological rules.
I have generally solved the {-la-} problem in cmevla by including a
diphthong. Hence, Javier Solanas --> {xavier. soluanas.} Sri Lanka -->
{sriluankas.}
mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan
