Re: Tetraphthongs (was: Triphthongs)

FFlores wrote:

>Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
>
>>Quite a few in Spanish (someone already mentioned _buey_) involving the 2d
>>pers. pl. ending:  cambiis, cambi is, continuis etc.-- though that form is
>>not widely used.
>
>Aside from those I can only gather _hioides_ (that's a bone), and
>the surname _Vieytes_. But I'm not sure you can call those triphthongs;
>if so, what would English _way_ be? (In fact, that would be a discussion
>about whether Spanish [j] and [w] are mere allophones of [i] and [u],
>or separate phonemes as in English).
I can't help myself... but I have to say that Danish has something
that may well be called a tetraphthong:

     bjerg [bjEQw?] ~ [bjEQ?w]

(where: [Q] = low back semivowel)

-kristian- 8)