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Difference between production of vowels, diphthongs and semi-vowels
I am studying speech recognition by Lawrence Rabiner's book. I am unable to find a proper and easy to understand answer for the following question :
Difference between production of vowels, ...
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What is the difference between a diphthong and a glide?
It's easy for me to imagine the difference, but hard for me to conceptualize it. I guess one involves two vowels and the other involves a consonant, right? Am I on the right track, or is there a more ...
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What's going on when I hear people pronounce Georgian “ვ” like “w” instead of like “v” as it always seems to be defined?
The sixth letter of the Georgian alphabet is ვ and all the resources I have describe it as being like English v or IPA [v].
But especially in the common word ნახვამდის (goodbye) the ვ sounds a lot ...
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Are there semivowels besides /w/ and /j/ and which are most common?
In the languages I'm familiar with I can't think of any cases of semivowels other than the "w" and "y" sounds /w/ and /j/. So are there any others and if so, which are most common beyond these two?
