Re: Ng'and'ana
From: | jogloran <exponent@...> |
Date: | Thursday, January 24, 2002, 1:41 |
<<
Okay... question. Is a dipthong 'two vowels of a language spoken as
one sound?' Because I don't think that the engandan ae and y are
dipthongs, I think that they're their own characters.
>>
No, a diphthong is simply when two different vowel sounds (or a vowel
and a glide/approximant/semivowel) are articulated in the same
syllable.
Even though your "y" for example is one character, it represents a
diphthong, just like the letter "a" in the English word "ate".
Imperative