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I think that /j/ sound is classified as a consonant, not a vowel
by zodiac 9y ago
I think that /j/ sound is classified as a consonant, not a vowel
- gizmo686 9y ago/j/ is a semivowel. Generally, these are classified and behave as consonants, but their vowel-like behavior still creeps in sometimes.
- lhorie 9y agoReally? That's weird. It's the same /j/ sound as in portuguese pai[1] (/paj/) and it's unequivocally a vowel there. [1] https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/portuguese-english/pai https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/portuguese-engl...
- gizmo686 9y agoIs it? I just did a brief search, and found this paper [0], which includes a phonological inventory of Brazillian Portuguese. It lists /j/ as a consonant. [0] http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00238309020450020401 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0023830902045002...
- dredmorbius 9y agoNB: I've finally addressed a request for clarification from a couple of weeks back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16687856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16687856