Assertion: diphthong | /r/HasProperty | phonemic
Facets:
value: in finnish
type: LOCATION
value: in some cases
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In some cases diphthongs are phonemic because they develop from monophthongs by vowel shift, like English house and German Haus from earlier hūs.
text: In Finnish, diphthongs are considered phonemic units, contrasting with both doubled vowels and with single vowels.
text: The fifteen diphthongs listed are phonemic because they are regularly distinctive from each other and from the same vowels in hiatus.