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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

[yu]

Is the sound [yu] a diphthong or a consonant?
  

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As you have presented it, it is a diphthong. For spelling purposes, y would be considered by many as a consonant to go with the diagraph ou , which sounds only as oo.

— Philip

  • As you have presented it, it is a diphthong.
  • For spelling purposes, y would be considered by many as a consonant to go with the diagraph ou , which sounds only as oo.
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As you have presented it, it is a diphthong.

For spelling purposes, y would be considered by many as a consonant to go with the diagraph ou, which sounds only as oo.
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