semivowels in English
noun
1
a speech sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, e.g., w or y.
Parts are numbered from one to six, but the second is missing (just as the second vowel is missing among the vowels and the semivowel Y).
noun
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1. It has also two semivowels, and , that appear in diphthongs, but these can be considered allophones of /i/ and /u/, respectively.
2. Possibly, as with Arabic, the semivowels /w/ and /j/ (as in English W and Y) could double as the vowels /u/ and /i/.