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Some diphthongs

 
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eldin raigmore
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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2010 12:43 am    Post subject: Some diphthongs Reply with quote

Who of you know of natlangs and/or conlangs that have:
an /i/ phoneme contrasted with two or more of the phonemes /i:/ or /ij/ or /ji/, and also contrasting two or more of /i:/ or /ij/ or /ji/ phonemes with each other:
or
a /u/ phoneme contrasted with two or more of the phonemes /u:/ or /uw/ or /wu/, and also contrasting two or more of /u:/ or /uw/ or /wu/ phonemes with each other?

And which natlangs and which conlangs?

And how do they indicate the difference in writing?
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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2010 12:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Swedish distinguishes between /i/, /i:/, and /ji/:

/ilä/ illa "bad"
/i:lä/ ila "haste"
/jilä/ gilla "like"

It also distinguishes between /u/ and /u:/, but not the others. Swedish doesn't have /w/.

/hun/ hon "she"
/hu:n/ hon "the sink"

(Though /ji/ is biphonemic, not monophonemic.)
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