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Beàrn - Hiatus When two adjacant vowels are not joined together as one vowel (a diphthong), we say that there is a hiatus (a gap) between them. In many words bh, mh, dh, gh are mute when they appear between vowels. The preceding and following syllables are generally not coalesced (i.e. joined/run together) as one vowel. We say that there is a hiatus or a gap between such syllables. Here are some examples: Download bearn
-th-, which is usually pronounced as [h], is used only in a small number of words to indicate hiatus e.g.
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