Italian language
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Triphthongs always contain a semivowel. In miei the first i is a semivocalic 'y' sound, /j/; in tuoi, the u functions as a /w/. In the first person plural of some verbs, continuiamo, dissanguiamo, the i is a semivowel. Noia and febbraio have a vowel-semivowel-vowel sequence. And in the apparent four-vowel sequence of "aiuola" ('flowerbed') the "u" is a semivowel, /w/.