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Slavic vowels/ response to Ivan
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: Slavic vowels/ response to Ivan
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <cbmvax!uunet!COGSCI.ED.AC.UK!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!iad>
- Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1992 08:42:11 GMT
- In-Reply-To: Logical Language Group's message of Fri, 7 Feb 1992 17:50:27 -0500 <3887.9202080322@cogsci.ed.ac.uk
- Reply-To: Ivan A Derzhanski <cbmvax!uunet!COGSCI.ED.AC.UK!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!iad>
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!LOJBAN>
The "backward N" has the same quality as the vowel in "bean", but it
is short. (Lojban {i}, that is.) The "bI" thing is halfway between
Lojban {i} and Lojban {y}. The [I] sound (the vowel in "bin") doesn't
occur in any Slavic language, but would be interpreted as an allophone
of [i] (Lojban {i} again).
Ivan