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

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Monday, February 9, 2004, 6:10
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. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42