Semivowel
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| Manners of articulation |
| Nasal |
| Plosive |
| Fricative |
| Affricate |
| Lateral |
| Approximant |
| Semivowel |
| Liquid |
| Flap/Tap |
| Trill |
| Ejective |
| Implosive |
| Click |
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Semivowels (also called semiconsonants or glides) are vowels that function phonemically as consonants. They are typically briefer, less stable and often closer than the corresponding vowels. For example, the word wow is written Template:IPA in IPA. Even though the first Template:IPA and the last Template:IPA are similar phones, the former is considered a consonant phoneme while the latter is considered a part of the diphthong, because English speakers think wow rhymes with how Template:IPA, which means these words share the same syllable rime Template:IPA and the remaining Template:IPA in wow and the Template:IPA in how are both onsets, initial consonants.
Semivowels are classified as approximants that correspond phonetically to specific vowels.
List of semivowels
- palatal approximant Template:IPA
- velar approximant Template:IPA
- labial-velar approximant Template:IPA
- labial-palatal approximant Template:IPA
Examples
- English y in yes: the palatal approximant Template:IPA
- English w in well: the labial-velar approximant Template:IPA
- Dutch w except in eeuw: the labiodental approximant Template:IPA
- French hu in huit: the labial-palatal approximant Template:IPA
