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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote: > > Side question: how/why did classical /ue/ become a falling diphthong? > AFAIK, where uV diphthongs are preserved in natural romlangs they're > all rising... All diphthongs in Jovian are falling, modeled after the Alemannic ones. Thus, we have /ej aj Aj aw ow i@ e@ y@ u@/, as well as a syllable-initial consonant /j/ which is no longer treated as part of a diphthong. -- Christian Thalmann