Utenti:Michiluzzu Scalisi/English/Hiatus first group

First Group

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

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

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/