Utenti:Michiluzzu Scalisi/English/Hiatus second group
Second Group
cancia
The second group consists of vowel clusters that receive the stress on the second vowel. This group contains the last two types.
First Type
cancia
The first type in this group consists of the strong vowels, e, a or o, which, as I said above, receive the stress on the second vowel. For this reason, the first vowel cannot be either e or o, because this unaccented vowels do not exist in Sicilian. Therefore, in this group you will not find clusters that begin with e or o.
| Cluster | Example | Esempio | Example | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ae | aereo | /ɐ'ɛ/ | ||
| aa | Sahara | /ɐ'a/ | ||
| ao | Aosta | /ɐ'ɔ/ |
Second Type
cancia
The second type in this group consists of strong and weak vowels, in any order, which, as I said above, receive the stress on the second vowel. For this reason, the first vowel cannot be either e or o, because these unaccented vowels do not exist in Sicilian. Therefore, in this group you will not find clusters that begin with e or o.
| Cluster | Example | Esempio | Example | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ii | Riina | /ɪ'i/ | ||
| ia | miatu | viaggio | /ɪ'a/ | |
| io | piolo | /ɪ'ɔ/ | ||
| iu | Friuli | /ɪ'u/ | ||
| ai | Caino | /ɐ'i/ | ||
| au | paura | /ɐ'u/ | ||
| ui | Luigi | Luiz | /ʊ'i/ | |
| ue | Suello | /ʊ'ɛ/ | ||
| ua | Luana | /ʊ'a/ |