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2 years ago Reply Anonymous No. Phonetically it is a consonant but it is sometimes used as a vowel anyway.
2 years ago Reply Anonymous The sounds traditionally represented by Y, R, W, and L can all function as either a vowel or consonant.
2 years ago Reply Anonymous From what I know, if it's at the beginning of a syllable, it's a consonant, and it's a vowel the rest of the time. I'd bet this is the case 99% of the time cause I was once researching how to write a script to count vowels and this seemed accurate
2 years ago Reply Anonymous In the phonology courses I took when I studied English, I was taught that it is a semivowel. Just like 'w' and 'j'. I think none of that has changed.
2 years ago Reply Anonymous upsilon is a vowel, the phoneme that is shared by y, j, and i is a consonant
I dunno but W is twice the vowel U will ever be
Have you ever thought about Welsh independence?
nah, that's for cumrags
should've said I, anon
So "uwu" is four vowels?
For you
:^)
actually six. two u's, and w is twice that
It's a consonant. English uses it wrong.
It's a consonant. IPA uses it wrong.
Why?
No. Phonetically it is a consonant but it is sometimes used as a vowel anyway.
The sounds traditionally represented by Y, R, W, and L can all function as either a vowel or consonant.
sometimes
depending on the language
in English the answer is: sometimes
From what I know, if it's at the beginning of a syllable, it's a consonant, and it's a vowel the rest of the time. I'd bet this is the case 99% of the time cause I was once researching how to write a script to count vowels and this seemed accurate
it's a fixed point combinator
The white man's cross, the pagan's cross
It's a hook you goy
Sadhe and Qoph.
In the phonology courses I took when I studied English, I was taught that it is a semivowel. Just like 'w' and 'j'. I think none of that has changed.
Sometimes, why?
upsilon is a vowel, the phoneme that is shared by y, j, and i is a consonant
In scandinavian languages it's pronounced like a vowel, no W sound