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 | Almost always word-final. ⟨-uw⟩ is pronounced [w].
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-'''Note:'''
+'''Notes:'''
-⟨iu⟩ and ⟨ui⟩ are ambiguous, since they may either be used for rising diphthongs (/ju/ and /wi/ respectively) or falling diphthongs (/iw/ and /uj/ respectively). In most cases, they represent rising diphthongs unless followed by ⟨t⟩. ⟨iw⟩ and ⟨uy⟩ always represent falling diphthongs.
+#⟨iu⟩ and ⟨ui⟩ are ambiguous, since they may either be used for rising diphthongs (/ju/ and /wi/ respectively) or falling diphthongs (/iw/ and /uj/ respectively). In most cases, they represent rising diphthongs unless followed by ⟨t⟩. ⟨iw⟩ and ⟨uy⟩ always represent falling diphthongs.
+#When a vowel (almost always ⟨e⟩) is both preceded and followed by a glide, a triphthong is formed - e.g. ''nueit, nueu, buey''.
 =====Stress=====