Quoting Pavel Iosad <edricson@...>:
> Hello,
>
> > ObTangent: Anyone know of a lang using either of the
> > diphthongs [ai\] and [a2]?
>
> North Welsh has something along the lines of the former (assuming you
> mean [i\] = [1]).
Indeed. [i\] for high central unrounded is good CXS!
> The diakects that preserve the u ~ i distinction ('u'
> is something I'm not sure the IPA of, but might be a mix between [I] and
> [}]) also preserve it in the diphthongs, thus _tau_ 'yours' contrasts
> with _tai_ 'houses' in the north but not in the south.
Cool.
Andreas