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> I don't think it's important whether "caia" is pronounced with the "i" > diphthonging to the first "a" or the second. The distinction in pronunciation is > so subtle that there's no way it'll be maintained by speakers. And there's no > way in the written language to create two different words with these different > pronunciations to reinforce any difference. Actually, you're completely correct. Now with, say, 'gaua,' I can detect a slight difference between gau-a and ga-ua, but, as you say, it's trivial, and wouldn't produce any minimal pairs, given the phonology of the language.