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Summary Of: Semivowel
A number of languages contrast between the semivowel element of a diphthong and a similar approximant... may be considered a rhotic semivowel rather than a consonant...
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Manners of articulation
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Obstruent
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Stop
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Affricate
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Fricative
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Sibilant
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Sonorant
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Nasal
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Flaps/Tap
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Trill
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Approximant
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Liquid
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Vowel
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Lateral
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Ejective
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Implosive
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Click
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Alliteration
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Assonance
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Consonance
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phonetic
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IPA
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vowels
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diphthongs
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syllabic
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nucleus
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mora
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prominent
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IPA
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approximants
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closer
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consonants
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[w]
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[j]
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[i]
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[w]
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[u]
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[ɥ]
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[y]
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[ɰ]
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[ɯ]
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approximant
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Nepali
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Romanian
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Samoan
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mid vowels
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Spanish
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palatal approximant
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F2
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place of articulation
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Romanian
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French
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Samoan
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Non-rhotic dialects of English
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schwa
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RP
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German
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Samoan
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Diphthong
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List of phonetics topics
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Syllabic consonant
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Vowel cluster
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Hiatus (linguistics)
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doi
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doi
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Ladefoged, Peter
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Ian Maddieson
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ISBN 0-631-19814-8
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