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Diphthong
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A critical distinction must be maintained between a true phonemic diphthong and phonetic hiatus (two adjacent vowels belonging to separate morphemes or syllables) or semivocalic onsets/offsets (glides). The principal differentiator is syllabicity. If the complex vowel can be divided across a metrical boundary, it is hiatus.
A useful heuristic, the Rhoticity Index ($\rho_i$), measures the tendency of the glide to coalesce… -
Vowel Inventory
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Allophonic Variation and Secondary Articulation
Many languages exhibit allophonic variation where a single phoneme manifests differently contextually. For instance, in many Indo-Aryan languages, the presence of a following rhotic consonant ($\text{/r/}$) causes inherent nasalization in the preceding vowel, even in languages not typically classified as having nasal vowels [6]. This…