Glide (definition)

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

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semivowel

References

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