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*In native [[Sceptrian#Script|script]], separate graphemes for diphthongs exist and glottal stop is not marked. | *In native [[Sceptrian#Script|script]], separate graphemes for diphthongs exist and glottal stop is not marked. | ||
If diphthongs are followed by vowels, they are separated by a glottal stop in formal register. | |||
*In casual speech, ''ouV'' becomes ''owV'' and ''ViV'' ''VjV'': ''oua→ówa'' and ''aia→aja''. If the following vowel is the same, a glottal stop breaks the former diphthong and the ending vowel is lengthened: ''ai'i→a'ii'' | |||
==Phonotactics== | ==Phonotactics== |