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*Diphtongues with /ɥ/ are written with a <U, u>, either followed or preceded by a vowel.
*Diphtongues with /ɥ/ are written with a <U, u>, either followed or preceded by a vowel.


=====Triphtongues=====
They should also be analyzed as combinations of approximant + vowel + approximant. Besides using <I, i> and <O, o> or even <Ü, ü> and <U, u>, there is a handful of special spellings that denote such "triphtongues" :
<poem>
ÜÂ, üâ [jaj]
ÜY, üy [jɔj]
ÊÜ, êü [jaj]
YÜ, yü [joj] or [jɔj]
ÃÎ, ãî [aji]
ÕÎ, õî [oji]
</poem>
=====Word-final position induced changes=====
=====Word-final position induced changes=====
The original consonants /g/ <G, g>, /l/ <L, l> and syllable /wi/ <W, w> turn into [j] when in a word-final position. Instead, the spellings <gue>, <lle> and <wi> are used.
*The original consonants /g/ <G, g>, /l/ <L, l> and syllable /wi/ <W, w> turn into [j] when in a word-final position. Instead, the spellings <gue>, <lle> and <wi> are used.
<poem>
*There are some other special word-final spellings :
<g> /j/
<l> /j/
<w> /j/
<gue> /g/
<lle> /l/
<wi> /wi/
</poem>
There are some other special spellings :
<poem>
<poem>
<ebm> /ɛjm/
<ebm> /ɛjm/
<ebn> /ɛjn/
<ebn> /ɛjn/
</poem>
</poem>
Finally, some letters are simply not pronounced at the end of a word, and other spellings are used instead :
*Finally, some letters are simply not pronounced at the end of a word :
<poem>
<poem>
<e>
<e>
<ô>
<d>
<d>
<nowiki><q></nowiki>
<r>
<nowiki><s></nowiki>
<nowiki><s></nowiki>
<t>
<t>
<z>
<z>
<er>
<er>
<dde> /d/
<qe> /ʃ/
<sse> /θ/ (or possibly /s/ ?)
<tte> /t/
<ze> /z/
</poem>
</poem>