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semi-voyelle

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There were no monophonemic long vowels nor diphthongs, though sequences of vowel and semivowel within a single syllable (such as j) could exist. en.wikipedia.org

A semivowel normally occurs only in diphthongs after the vowels and, not as a consonant. en.wikipedia.org

In many morphological processes, a vowel i before another vowel may become the semivowel. en.wikipedia.org

Fortis "m" was probably a normal, while lenis "m" was a nasalized semivowel, perhaps tending towards a nasalized fricative or when palatalized. en.wikipedia.org

However, when immediately followed by the corresponding semivowel, they appear as "ajj, aww, eww, iww". en.wikipedia.org

So is, starting with the vowel, but is, with the semivowel. en.wikipedia.org

The consonant is labialized and the transition from the labialized syllable onset to the nucleus vowel sounds like a bilabial semivowel (or, alternatively, like a diphthong). en.wikipedia.org

The labialization feature is phonetically realized by the semivowel between a consonant margin and a vowel nucleus, as in, meaning razor. en.wikipedia.org

Similarly, languages often avoid configurations where a semivowel precedes its corresponding vowel. en.wikipedia.org

A vowel is also understood to be syllabic: an equivalent open but non-syllabic sound is called a semivowel. en.wikipedia.org

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