Re: Diphthongs (was Re: 3 q's - X-Sampa)

Tamas Racsko wrote:
>   My limited Japanese vocabulary doesn't allow to show you a
> minimal pair, but I think, that in Japanese, it is possible for
> /aj/ ~ /ai/ (and /oj/ ~ (oi/, /uj/ ~ /ui/) in non word-final
> positions.
Of course, those are instances of, e.g., /a.i.u/ vs. /a.ju/, a
difference of syllables, since Japanese readily allows multiple vowels
in a row.

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