Re: [tied] Albanian "dy"

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:26:31 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...>
> wrote:
>
>> I have had there basis for asking it. The Rom. word has too two
>> syllable without having a consonant "w"
>
> Yes it does. /do.w&/ douã.
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

After the definition "if a vowel together with another vowel makes a
syllable then the first vowel is a consonant one":-)
So we have "u" and "i" ans "consonant" vowels when they belong to the
same syllable but they are plain vowels too.
I see more the "i" and "u" as playing the role of the consonant but not
being consonants here. At least from the "aussprache" there is no
difference between "u/i"-consonant and "u/i"-vowel.

Alex