Re: Ng'and'ana
| From: | jogloran <exponent@...> | 
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| Date: | Thursday, January 24, 2002, 1:41 | 
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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.
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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