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== Further crazy ideas for even more space == | == Further crazy ideas for even more space == | ||
'''q''' might be [ŋ] (idea stolen from Toaq Dzu). [ŋ] is still considered an allophone of '''n''' before '''k/g/x''', thus the combinations '''qk / qg / qx''' are disallowed. | '''q''' might be [ŋ] (idea stolen from Toaq Dzu). [ŋ] is still considered an allophone of '''n''' before '''k/g/x''', thus the combinations '''qk / qg / qx''' are disallowed. This variant might be rendered '''la .eulojbaq.''' | ||
No suggested words yet, though it would "solve" the problem of how to transliterate certain cmevla, like Bing (Microsoft's search engine); there is disagreement of whether it should be rendered '''la .bing.''' or '''la .bin.''' / theoretically since [ŋ] is supposed to be an allophone of '''n''', the latter would be more correct, but would likely not be pronounced accurately, and might be harder to understand. The former is clearer, but the necessity of pronouncing it with an [ng] / [ŋg] ending is displeasing to some. | |||
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Eulojban is a subdialect of Lojban; specifically, a subdialect of the ce ki tau jei dialect (thus use of Eulojban presupposes use of ce ki tau jei, and is not meant to duplicate anything already reassigned by CKTJ)
It has one characteristic feature: eu is a valid diphthong in Eulojban. This gives more room for monosyllabic cmavo (and potentially rafsi).
Here are some suggested assignments for this new cmavo space (currently tentative):
- peu : = po'u lo
- neu : = no'u lo
Categorical pronoun set
These are pronouns that can be used to refer to any object of that particular category; like natlang pronouns, their referent may be ambiguous. If disambiguation is needed, there's always goi...
- reu : [KOhA] pronoun: person (prenu)
- deu : [KOhA] pronoun: animal (danlu)
- teu : [KOhA] pronoun: inanimate object, includes plants (dacti jenai danlu)
- feu : [KOhA] pronoun: female (fetsi)
- meu : [KOhA] pronoun: male (nakni)
- zeu : [KOhA] pronoun: place, location (stuzi, mnemonic: zvati / CKTJ-zai)
- seu : [KOhA] pronoun: abstractions, ideas, thoughts (su'u)
- xeu : [KOhA] pronoun: generalized person, "one"/general-you (mnemonic: xanri)
Further crazy ideas for even more space
q might be [ŋ] (idea stolen from Toaq Dzu). [ŋ] is still considered an allophone of n before k/g/x, thus the combinations qk / qg / qx are disallowed. This variant might be rendered la .eulojbaq.
No suggested words yet, though it would "solve" the problem of how to transliterate certain cmevla, like Bing (Microsoft's search engine); there is disagreement of whether it should be rendered la .bing. or la .bin. / theoretically since [ŋ] is supposed to be an allophone of n, the latter would be more correct, but would likely not be pronounced accurately, and might be harder to understand. The former is clearer, but the necessity of pronouncing it with an [ng] / [ŋg] ending is displeasing to some.