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Glides are semivowels. They can function either as consonants and sometimes as part of [[Diphthong (definition)]]. The sounds <nowiki>[w] and [j]</nowiki> are glides in English
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Glides are semivowels. They can function either as [[Consonant (definition)|consonants]] and sometimes as part of [[Diphthong (definition)]]. The sounds <nowiki>[w] and [j]</nowiki> are glides in English
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
[[Vowel (definition)]]
 
[[Vowel (definition)]]
 
[[Consonant (definition)]]
 
[[Consonant (definition)]]
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[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semivowel
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semivowel
  

Revision as of 21:50, 7 June 2012

Glides are semivowels. They can function either as consonants and sometimes as part of Diphthong (definition). The sounds [w] and [j] are glides in English

See Also

Vowel (definition) Consonant (definition) Sounds of Scottish Gaelic

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semivowel

References

  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.