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History: suggested final consonants for cmevla
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Every cmevla's final letter must be a consonant. When the original natlang form of the cmevla does not end with a consonant, you have to change it, either by subtracting the vowel or adding a consonant. This page is to help you in the latter case, in deciding on which consonant to add from the perspective of the language the name comes from. ||__language__|__consonant__|__reason__ Japanese|n|The only consonant that any Japanese name or word can end with is "n" (ã‚“): Rin, Ken, Shin, etc. And most Japanese name suffixes end with "n": -san, -kun, -chan, -don, -bon, etc. Usage examples: "Tokyo" => "la .tokion.", "Akira" => "la .akiran.", "Yoko Ono" => "la .onon.iokon." (in Japanese the surname comes first). Latin|varies|Third-declension names that end with vowels in the nominative should have their Lojbanic {cmevla} formed from the base of their genitive case; e.g., ''Cicero'' is "la kikeron." (from ''Ciceronis''). Names from the second, fourth, and fifth (if there are any) declensions already end with consonants (as far as I know), and so require no special modification. Names from the first declension that end with "-a" have no obvious suitable consonant, though continuing to append "-s" to these words should suffice. Basque|k|Ergative case ending. E.g. "la pablos.saratcagek." (Pablo Saratxaga), "la gipuskuak." (Gipuzkoa). Afro-Asiatic|t|For feminines, because that's the typical feminine singular indicator. E.g. "la makat." (Mecca), "la xadasat." (Hadassah). Any|varies|You can also try repeating the last consonant (i.e. the one before the last vowel). That lets the word itself determine, and might help prevent overuse of a few consonants. *|*|* ||
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