semivowel
semi-vowel
glide

In many cases, it is known as a semivowel.

The sound I mean may be either a vowel, a semivowel, or a mute.

A medial is a semivowel that comes before the vowel.

After two consonants, the latter being a semivowel, all vowels are long.

There are no digraphs for the semivowel y and w columns.

See further the section on the "semivowel" below.

The environment in which the semivowel was produced was as follows:

All verb roots end in a consonant or semivowel.

The effects of the semivowel include the following:

Occasionally a semivowel is retained after a palatal sound: ratio, sometimes Elysium.

On the one hand, there are words that do seem to lengthen before a semivowel in the next syllable:

The semivowel does not occur after consonants.

Syllables containing semivowel e or i are never stressed.

In diphthongs, when marked, the semivowel (or the semivowels) never receives the accent mark.

Similarly, languages often avoid configurations where a semivowel precedes its corresponding vowel.

Insertion of semivowel l between such vowel-terminating stems.

The velars followed by a semivowel mutate as in the first palatalisation.

The original nasalized semivowel is still reflected as mh in the spelling, however.

Additionally, certain consonants may combine with the semivowel /w/.

The semivowel is dropped.

Rhyme depends on a vowel and adjacent consonant (which may include the semivowel Short I).

No contrast exists between long high vowels and short high vowels followed by a semivowel.

Verbs with a final semivowel, known as "weak" verbs, have a different pattern:

The onset may be an affricate or a consonant followed by a semivowel, but these are not generally considered consonant clusters.

The circumflex accent indicating a semivowel: i î.