Re: Hiatus within words

En réponse à "LeoMoser(Acadon@Acadon.com)" <acadon@...>:

>
> Many languages do seem to have hiatus, but I have
> no idea how many. It seems to exist in many words
> in Spanish, for example, though in other words
> diphthongization takes place. Hiatus is a major feature
> of Esperanto, where following vowels are always
> kept separate -- even "au." However, I have never
> heard the idea challenged as such. Other projects, if
> I recall correctly, did modify the Eo. rule, but this
> seemed to be done to make the result "more natural,"
> not necessarily easier to pronounce.
>
French does have hiatus, even if it's a little less than it used to be (but
examples like "haïr" /ha'iR/: to hate are well established and in my opinion not
keen to change the hiatus into a diphtongue because of the pressure of the
grammatical system).

Christophe.