--- Jalal Maleki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can put my question in a different way: does giâh > have two > syllables or just one? Depends on who you ask. It is very common for phonologists to accept [ja], as in siah, as a diphthong, indicating that it has one syllable. It's also common for others to accept the two-syllable argument. Personally, I weasel out of it and say 1.4 syllables :-) . The word <piano> in English is another good example: 2 or 3 syllables? There are good arguments both ways. -Jon D. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ PersianComputing mailing list PersianComputing@lists.sharif.edu http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing