Utenti:Michiluzzu Scalisi/English/Hiatus first group
First Group
[cancia | cancia lu còdici]The first group consists of vowel clusters that recieve the stress either on the first vowel or on neither one. This group contains the first two types.
First Type
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The first type in this group consists of the strong vowels, e, a or o, which, as I said above, can receive the stress either on the first vowel or on neither. If the stress falls on the first vowel, the second cannot be either e or o, because these unaccented vowels do not exist in Sicilian. The same also applies when the stress does not fall on either vowel, neither can be e or o.
| Cluster | Example | Esempio | Example | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ea | galiléa | galilea | /ɛɐ/ | |
| aa | Nausicaa | /aɐ/ | ||
| oa | óasi | oasi | /ɔɐ/ |
Second Type
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The second type in this group consists of strong and weak vowels, in any order, which, as I said above, can receive the stress either on the first vowel or on neither. If the stress falls on the first vowel, the second cannot be either e or o, because these unaccented vowels do not exist in Sicilian. The same also applies when the stress does not fall on either vowel, neither can be e or o.
| Cluster | Example | Esempio | Example | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ii | talíi | aprii | /iɪ/ | |
| ia | tia | pia | /iɐ/ | |
| iu | riunire | /iʊ/ | ||
| ui | cui | cui | /uɪ/ | |
| ua | tua | /uɐ/ |