Re: THEORY: NATLANGS: Phonology and Phonetics: Tetraphthongs, Triphthongs, Dipht
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 27, 2006, 7:32 |
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On 5/26/06, John Vertical <johnvertical@...> wrote:
> Some Khoisan and Polynesian languages also allow various difthongs built
> from some two of [a e o].
My Niuean dictionary says that all possibly two-vowel combinations are
possible diphthongs, so that makes twenty-five. (And same-vowel
combinations are distinct from long vowels, so I suppose that makes
them level diphthongs?)
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>