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-|+ Vowel letters behaving as semivowels <ref name="Semivowel">In Essanian, the letters '''i''' and '''u''' can combine with other vowels to form falling and rising diphthongs. '''Y''' can also form falling diphthongs, almost always word-finally. </ref>
+|+ Vowel letters behaving as semivowels
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 ! colspan="2" |Letter
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+! colspan="3" | In rising diphthongs
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 | '''i'''
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 |'''u'''
-| {{angbr|u}} before a vowel (but silent in {{angbr|qu}}, also {{angbr|gu}} before an {{angbr|e}} or {{angbr|i}})
+| {{angbr|u}} before a vowel (but silent in {{angbr|qu}} and {{angbr|gu}} before an {{angbr|e}} or {{angbr|i}})
+| style="text-align:center;"|[w]
+|
+|
+|-
+|'''ü'''
+| {{angbr|ü}} before a vowel (only used in {{angbr|qü}} and {{angbr|gü}} before an {{angbr|e}} or {{angbr|i}})
+| style="text-align:center;"|[w]
+|
+|
+|-
+! colspan="3" | In falling diphthongs
+|-
+| '''i'''
+| {{angbr|i}} after a vowel
+| style="text-align:center;"|[j]
+|
+|
+|-
+| '''y'''
+| {{angbr|y}} after a vowel
+| style="text-align:center;"|[j]
+|
+| Almost always word-finally. Final ''-iy'' is pronounced [i].
+|-
+|'''u'''
+| {{angbr|u}} after a vowel
 | style="text-align:center;"|[w]
 |
 |
+|-
+|'''w'''
+| {{angbr|w}} after a vowel
+| style="text-align:center;"|[w]
+|
+| Almost always word-finally. Final ''-uw'' is pronounced [w].
 |}
 =====Stress=====
 Stress in a word is determined from the way it is written by the following rules: