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   Ruud Harmsen to All   
   Re: Rio e riu (pt)   
   16 May 24 10:43:17   
   
   From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   Thu, 16 May 2024 10:01:54 +0200: Ruud Harmsen    
   scribeva:   
      
   >Wed, 15 May 2024 16:06:24 -0000 (UTC): Antonio Marques   
   >>-íodo is remarkably problematic for our phonotactics, and what people do is   
   >>substitute -iúdo. A stressed [iw] diphthong doesn't work either, although   
   >>we sometimes try to make it do.   
   >>[Ew] is the other diphthong we have trouble stressing non-finally.   
   >   
   >As in neutro and treuze (13). :0)   
      
   That's [eu]. So a better example is . Are there any others?   
      
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