Phonetics and Phonology (ENG)
VU pronounced slowly, they resemble (in quality) with the vowels u and i respectively. These sounds are called semivowels which are also termed as approximants today. In French there are three semivowels
(i.e., in addition to j and w there is another sound symbolized /
ɥ/ and is found in initial position in the word like ‘huit’ it (eight) and in consonant clusters such as fr in /frɥi/ (fruit. The IPA chart also lists a semivowel corresponding to the back close unrounded vowel /
ɯ/. Like the others, this is classed as an approximant.
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