Jeffrey Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:13:11 -0500, Herman Miller <hmiller@...> wrote:
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>>Jeffrey Jones wrote:
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>>>2. ?
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>>Duo seems obvious, unless syllables need to start with a consonant.
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> I'm afraid they do. The question is which. |q| [G] might work, but so far I've
> restricted it to foreign words.
Latin _bini, binae, bina_ could give you _bino_.
>
>>>3. sano ?
>>
>>If you're considering "sano" (from Chinese/Japanese "san"?) how about
>>Japanese "mitsu"?
>
> I thought about that, but it would have to be a cluster, since there's no ts)
> affricate.
Swahili _tatu_ is easily modified to _tato_.
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