The Complete Lojban Language
- Example 3.27
- .ARMstron.
since Lojban n is allowed to be pronounced as the velar nasal [ŋ].
Here is another example showing the use of y:
- Example 3.28
- bisydja
- BI,sy,dja
- BI,syd,ja
This word is a compound word, or lujvo, built from the two affixes bis and dja. When they are joined, an impermissible consonant pair results: sd. In accordance with the algorithm for making lujvo, explained in Section 4.11 (p. 68), a y is inserted to separate the impermissible consonant pair; the y is not counted as a syllable for purposes of stress determination.
- Example 3.29
- da'udja
- da'UD,ja
- da'U,dja
These two syllabications sound the same to a Lojban listener – the association of unbuffered consonants in syllables is of no import in recognizing the word.
- Example 3.30
- e'u bridi
- e'u BRI,di
- E'u BRI,di
- e'U.BRI,di
In Example 3.30 (p. 44), e'u is a cmavo and bridi is a brivla. Either of the first two pronunciations is permitted: no primary stress on either syllable of e'u, or primary stress on the first syllable. The third pronunciation, which places primary stress on the second syllable of the cmavo, requires that – since the following word is a brivla – the two words must be separated by a pause. Consider the following two cases:
- Example 3.31
- le re nobli prenu
- le re NObli PREnu
- Example 3.32
- le re no bliprenu
- le re no bliPREnu
If the cmavo no in Example 3.32 (p. 44) were to be stressed, the phrase would sound exactly like the given pronunciation of Example 3.31 (p. 44), which is unacceptable in Lojban: a single pronunciation cannot represent both.
3.10 IPA For English Speakers
There are many dialects of English, thus making it difficult to define the standardized symbols of the IPA in terms useful to every reader. All the symbols used in this chapter are repeated here, in more or less alphabetical order, with examples drawn from General American. In addition, some attention is given to the Received Pronunciation of (British) English. These two dialects are referred to as GA and RP respectively. Speakers of other dialects should consult a book on phonetics or their local television sets.
| [ˈ ] | An IPA indicator of primary stress; the syllable which follows [ˈ ] receives primary stress. |
