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semivowel

transitional phoneme produced like a vowel but used like a syllable boundary
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semivowel

Summary

semivowel has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • semivowel is a type of approximant consonant[2].
  • semivowel is a type of glide[3].
  • semivowel's partially coincident with is recorded as vowel[4].
  • semivowel's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/semivowels[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include approximant consonant[2] and glide[3].

Why It Matters

semivowel has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] semivowel is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    Subclass of → approximant consonant, glide
    Partially coincident with → vowel
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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