Rara #16

Legacy number: 16

 Number  16
 Phenomenon  phonemic contrast between diphthong and vowel followed by glide
(see Image)
 Found in  Maastricht Dutch (Germanic, IE)
 Domain  phonology — phoneme inventory
 Type  nonesuch
 Keywords  diphthong, glide
 Source  Gussenhoven, Carlos (1999). What became of the Central Franconian tone in the dialect of Maastricht (?). Handout of paper given at Konstanz Tone Workshop, December 1999.
 Violates  none

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