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* ''meyk'', "doctor", is read ['mεik], ''ey'' is not a diphthong: ''me-yk'', the ''e'' is short; | * ''meyk'', "doctor", is read ['mεik], ''ey'' is not a diphthong: ''me-yk'', the ''e'' is short; | ||
* ''ooijr'', "to hear", is read [o:εi̯r], ''ooij'' is not a diphthong: ''oo-ijr'', the ''o'' is long. | * ''ooijr'', "to hear", is read [o:εi̯r], ''ooij'' is not a diphthong: ''oo-ijr'', the ''o'' is long. | ||
There are also words whose pronunciation is tricky: how is the word ''deeuw'', "god", pronounced? Either as ['de:ɶv] or as ['dεø:v]? Do the vowels ''e'' and ''u'' form a diphthong or a hiatus? In such cases it is used a dieresis to help the reader. The dieresis indicates that the following vowel doesn't form a diphthong, f.ex. the word ''deeuw'' is written ''dëeuw'': the dieresis indicates that the second ''e'' isn't part of a long ''e'', but it is part of the diphthong ''eu'', thus ''dëeuw'' is read as ['dεø:v]. | |||
===Digraphs=== | ===Digraphs=== | ||