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On the representation of diphthongs in Frisian1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Geert Booij
Affiliation:
Vakgroep Taalkunde, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Frisian is well known for the fact that it has a very rich inventory of vowels and diphthongs. In addition to nine short vowels and their long counterparts, it also has schwa, five falling diphthongs which end in a high vowel, and six centralizing diphthongs, some of which alternate with what traditionally are called rising diphthongs (cf. Zantema, 1984), the so-called breaking.

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