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===Diphthongs, false diphthongs and vowel length=== | ===Diphthongs, false diphthongs and vowel length=== | ||
In | In Aarlaansc there are only three diphthongs: | ||
* ''ei'' [ɛi̯] > [ə]; | * ''ei'' [ɛi̯] > [ə]; | ||
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* ''oe'' [u:]. | * ''oe'' [u:]. | ||
The diphthongs, the false diphthongs and the letter ''ij'' are always long in | The diphthongs, the false diphthongs and the letter ''ij'' are always long in Aarlaansc, while the letter ''i'' is always short. The letters ''a'', ''e'', ''o'', and ''u'' can be both short and long, instead. To indicate the vowel length of these four vowels, this language uses a special system that is based on the kind of syllables. | ||
There are two kind of syllables: they can be both open and closed. A syllable is open when it ends with a vowel (so ''ma'', ''te'', ''ko'', ''su'' are all open syllables); a syllable is closed when it ends with a consonant (so ''mat'', ''tek'', ''kos'', ''sum'' are all closed syllables). | There are two kind of syllables: they can be both open and closed. A syllable is open when it ends with a vowel (so ''ma'', ''te'', ''ko'', ''su'' are all open syllables); a syllable is closed when it ends with a consonant (so ''mat'', ''tek'', ''kos'', ''sum'' are all closed syllables). | ||