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    1 month ago

    I didn’t know about Toki pona, but if the purpose is to be minimalist, why there is redundancy with two character with the same pronunciation ?
    Ua = W

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      1 month ago

      W is a consonant, Voiced labial–velar approximant. U (Close back rounded) and A (Open front unrounded) are vowels. Combining those two vowels does not inherently produce any consonant.