* Eldin Raigmore said on 2006-05-26 01:38:48 +0200
> [QUESTIONS 1]
>
> Questions;
>
> What are some examples of level diphthongs? What languages are they in?
Compared to English /Ai/ in "high", the Norwegian /Ai/ in "hai" (shark)
is quite level.
> What are some examples of diphthongs in which neither vowel is [i] or [u]
> (or [j] or [u])? (I guess the non-rhotic dialects of English have a lot of
> falling diphtghongs with a center-mid [@] off-glide -- if I wrote that
> right.)
Norwegian øy (rounded e to rounded y with extruded lips).
> Whose language has the most triphthongs?
Try Chinese. Not a conlang but still. And, very many diphthongs without
j/w.
AFMCL, the difference between rising and falling diphthongs is
phonemic...
t.