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====Dipthongs==== | |||
In Japanese, an /ou/ is monophthongised to form a long /oː/. This rule does not occur in Nantai, so おう(''ou'') is actually pronounced /ou/, not /oː/. | |||
====Nasalisation==== | ====Nasalisation==== | ||
When an alveolar nasal consonant(/n/) is after a vowel, the vowel is nasalised and the consonant is no longer pronounced, e.g. /a/ + /n/ → /an/ → /ã/. | When an alveolar nasal consonant(/n/) is after a vowel, the vowel is nasalised and the consonant is no longer pronounced, e.g. /a/ + /n/ → /an/ → /ã/. | ||
Nasalised vowels are still considered vowels, so the VCV rule still applies, e.g. /ṼtṼ/ would still become /ṼdṼ/, with /Ṽ/ representing any nasalised vowel. | Nasalised vowels are still considered vowels, so the VCV rule still applies, e.g. /ṼtṼ/ would still become /ṼdṼ/, with /Ṽ/ representing any nasalised vowel. | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Pitch-accent==== | ====Pitch-accent==== | ||