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==Sounds== | ==Sounds== | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
[[Triphthongs]] always contain at least one [[semivowel]]. In ''miei'' the first ''i'' is a semivocalic 'y' sound, {{IPA|[j]}}; in ''tuoi'', the ''u'' functions as a {{IPA|[w]}}; and the final ''i'' of such words can become semivocalic before a following vowel in the next word. The ''i'' is a semivowel also in the first person plural of some verbs: ''continuiamo, dissanguiamo''. | [[Triphthongs]] always contain at least one [[semivowel]]: ''noia'' and ''febbraio'' have the sequence vowel-semivowel-vowel. In ''miei'' the first ''i'' is a semivocalic 'y' sound, {{IPA|[j]}}; in ''tuoi'', the ''u'' functions as a {{IPA|[w]}}; and the final ''i'' of such words can become semivocalic before a following vowel in the next word. The ''i'' is a semivowel also in the first person plural of some verbs: ''continuiamo, dissanguiamo''. . And in the four-vowel sequence of ''aiuola'' ('flowerbed') the "u" is a semivowel, {{IPA|[w]}} - more often omitted nowadays and spelt ''aiola''. | ||
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Sounds
Vowels
Triphthongs always contain at least one semivowel: noia and febbraio have the sequence vowel-semivowel-vowel. In miei the first i is a semivocalic 'y' sound, [j]; in tuoi, the u functions as a [w]; and the final i of such words can become semivocalic before a following vowel in the next word. The i is a semivowel also in the first person plural of some verbs: continuiamo, dissanguiamo. . And in the four-vowel sequence of aiuola ('flowerbed') the "u" is a semivowel, [w] - more often omitted nowadays and spelt aiola.