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=====Diphthongs and hiatus===== | =====Diphthongs and hiatus===== | ||
Falling diphthongs are formed by following a non-high vowel with a high vowel. | |||
The following diphthongs are possible: | The following falling diphthongs are possible: | ||
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Vowels in hiatus may equivalently be pronounced as rising diphthongs provided that the first vowel is a high vowel. | |||
When two adjacent vowels that normally form a digraph are in hiatus or form a diphthong, this is indicated with a diaresis on the second vowel, which is invariably ⟨ι⟩ or ⟨υ⟩. | When two adjacent vowels that normally form a digraph are in hiatus or form a diphthong, this is indicated with a diaresis on the second vowel, which is invariably ⟨ι⟩ or ⟨υ⟩. | ||
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A diaresis is not used if the first vowel has an accent, since that precludes the possibility of it being a digraph. | A diaresis is not used if the first vowel has an accent, since that precludes the possibility of it being a digraph. | ||
A diaresis can also be used on unaccented ⟨ι⟩ before other vowels when it would otherwise be pronounced as a | A diaresis can also be used on unaccented ⟨ι⟩ before other vowels in order to indicate hiatus when it would otherwise be pronounced as a consonant. This can also be done with initial ⟨ου⟩ (which is written ⟨ο̈υ⟩), but the latter is rare. | ||
=====Stress===== | =====Stress===== | ||