Allophones of zero in Lojban

["Mark E. Shoulson" <cbmvax!uunet!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!shoulson>]

Ivan, you might be pleased to know that {.ymlatu} is, indeed a valid
equivalent to {mlatu}, but not because the initial {.y-} is thrown out.
Since it's between words, and preceded by a pause, it gets recognized as
the hesitation word {.y}, and thus ignored by the grammar.  So *poof*, your
wish is granted!

However, this won't really help all cases; some people are still going to
have trouble with medial clusters.  Oh, well.

~mark