Vocales e silabas

Alga notas par Jorj en 2017:

• the true diphthongs ai, au, eu, oi are always pronounced as a unit in which the i and u are off-glides (loosely defined, consonants)

• i before a vowel is a consonant (= y) at the beginning of a word or syllable
• ni and li between vowels are pronounced ny and ly
• u before a vowel is a consonant (= w) at the beginning of a word or syllable
• cu and gu before a vowel is always pronounced cw and gw
• in all other double-vowels, the two vowels are pronounced separately

• final ae, ao, ea, eo, oa, oe, and ui, are stressed on the first of the two vowels (eg i-DE-a, TRA-e, pro-DU-i)
• final diphthongs and other double-vowels are stressed on the vowel before the last consonant, if possible
• otherwise, the stress is on the first vowel of the final vowels

• in all other cases (ie word ends in consonant or a single vowel), the stress is on the vowel before the last consonant, if possible
• otherwise the stress is on the final vowel

• syllable breaks come:
  • after a vowel or diphthong (eg a-ma, ai-ra),
  • between double vowels (eg di-a),
  • between two consonants falling between two vowels (eg ar-ma),
  • before i or u between two vowels (eg ci-ui),
  • before cu or gu before a vowel (eg a-cua),
  • before li or ni between two vowels (eg a-nio),
  • or after the first of the series of consonants between vowels (mos-tra).