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There are twelve allowed diphthongs:; there are also two allowed triphthongs:. en.wikipedia.org

Another example is the occasional omission of the subscripted iota of long diphthongs (see above). en.wikipedia.org

The diphthong may reduce to, as in "widow": cites a three-way contrast, "a mission", "emission", and "omission". en.wikipedia.org

In addition to the low vowel count, or because of it, there are also no instances of diphthongs or triphthongs. en.wikipedia.org

In addition, there were the diphthongs, "ai", "oi", "ui", "au" and "eu". en.wikipedia.org

A special characteristic of the languages is the large number of diphthongs. en.wikipedia.org

As with its constituent vowels, diphthongs with short and are subject to the same free variation described above. en.wikipedia.org

Specifically, the second segment of a diphthong was changed to be the same height as the first segment. en.wikipedia.org

If the syllable is phonetically open, the vowel written is usually the second vowel in the diphthong. en.wikipedia.org

The merged vowel was a diphthong, often transcribed. en.wikipedia.org

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