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The selma'o BY2 is comprised principally of letterals representing consonants and contains the following cmavo:

bycydyfygyjykylymynypyrysytyvyxy.y'yzy


The selma'o BY* is comprised of vowel letterals, punctuation, and other "oddball" letterals, the common theme being that they're all constructed with the lerfu-forming cmavo bu:

.abudenpa bu.ebu.ibujoibu.obuslaka bu.ubu.uibu.ybuzo'obu


The purpose of these cmavo, as with all lerfu, is to enable the spelling of words and discussion referring to written characters, in which case you must either encase it in la'e lu ... li'u, or prefix it with me'o. Without this quoting, the lerfu simply acts as a prosumti, or a mekso variable.

Lojbanic Standard Roman Orthography Lerfu


These are used to represent symbols used in the writing of lojban. The following are lerfu for which the definition and keyword are obvious:

.abubycydy.ebufygy.ibujykylymyny.obupyrysyty.ubuvyxy.ybuzy .y'y


There are two more which have slightly more complex keywords:

denpa buBY*pause symbol letteral: Lojban "." character
slaka buBY*comma symbol letteral: Lojban "," character


It should be noted that the current keyword for slaka bu is "close-comma", but I don't see a need for anything more than "comma" unless someone can demonstrate a "far-comma" or an "open-comma" that's likely to cause confusion.

Other Lerfu


These are miscellaneous lerfu. This committeeman questions their usefulness as official cmavo, but does not suggest their official removal.

joibuBY*&letteral: ampersand character; especially used in standing for a mixed connective
.uibuBY*happy faceletteral: happiness symbol
zo'obuBY*smiley faceletteral: humor symbol, ":-)" and its related forms expressing humor


Once again, it should be noted that the current definitions of .uibu and zo'obu are a bit redundant, in that they have "(letteral)" at the end.

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