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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:33 pm    Post subject: The groups of vowels may help in pronunciation Reply with quote

Diphthongs

e? is sounded as yoe but at the beginning of words is owe (E?in)i? " " " ew
aoi is sounded as ee
eoi " " " eo
iai " " " ia
iui " " " iu
uai " " " ua
aoi " " " ee

Digraphs

ia is sounded as ee-a
ua is " " oo-a
?i is " " ? (ay)
?i is " " ? (owe)
?i is " " u (uu)
?a is " " ? (ay)
?o is " " ? (ee)
ae is " " ? (ay)
ao is " " ? (ay)
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