Re: Optimum number of symbols

Philip Newton wrote:
> > Some are, some aren't.
>
> And kon'ya and kan'en are. (kon'ya "tonight" < kon "now" + ya "evening,
> night"; kan'en "hepatitis" < kan "liver" + en "inflammation").
Actually, on rereading, I realize I misconstrued your question a bit.  I
*think* that all cases of syllabic n before a vowel or y (in other
words, where n' is necessary to disambiguate) are from compounds.  But
-nn-, -nm- (or -mm- depending on romanization), -nd-, etc. are not
necesarily compounds.

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