Re: diphthongs in names

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> I wonder how to lojbanize Portuguese names that have the diphthongs
> /eu/ and /ou/, as in "Tadeu" and "Sousa". These would sound more or
> less "taDEU" and "SOUza" when lojbanized, but the most similar
> spellings I can imagine are "tade'u" and "SO'uza", which are quite
> annoying for (brazilian) Portuguese speakers.

The best bet is probably "tade,us" and "so,usas" (or choose your own
final consonant).  The close-comma indicates that a vowel glide of some
sort is wanted; however, it is legal to pronounce "," as "'".

-- 
John Cowan					cowan@ccil.org
		e'osai ko sarji la lojban.