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atomic7732

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protip for darvincian and himalian languages
« on: April 14, 2013, 08:50:13 PM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semivowel

In phonetics and phonology, a semivowel (or glide) is a sound, such as English /w/ or /j/, that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary rather than as the nucleus of a syllable.

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Re: protip for darvincian and himalian languages
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2013, 10:35:39 PM »
well if i use it as the nucleus of a syllable then i convert it into a vowel so HA

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Re: protip for darvincian and himalian languages
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2013, 10:58:14 PM »
that's not how linguistics works

it's called either you added a vowel or your supposed /w/ is in fact a vowel.