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Word-final {{IPA|/e/}}, generally written ''é'', is usually diphthongised to {{IPA|[ei̯]}}.

Macambese has 5 valid diphthongs: {{IPA|/ei̯ oi̯ ou̯ au̯ ai̯/}}. {{IPA|/ai̯ au̯/}} primarily only occur in English loanwords and are written ⟨aî⟩ and ⟨aou⟩ respectively (historically {{IPA|/au̯/}} was also written ⟨aû⟩ but this is now obsolete), like ''traîbe'' "tribe", ''éspaîque'' "a type of long, thin sword", ''claoune'' "clown" and ''plaouv'néje'' "snowplough". Importantly, the use of the circumflex in {{IPA|/ai̯/}} ⟨aî⟩ is not to show a silent /s/ as it is generally used in French, but instead originally was a variant of the [[w:Diaeresis (diacritic)|diaeresis]] that replaced it. Thus, the circumflex in Macambese operates almost equivalently to the diaeresis in French; indeed, ''éspaîque'' alone was often spelt ''éspaïque'' or ''espaïque'' as late as the mid-19th century.

Macambese has 6 valid diphthongs: {{IPA|/ei̯ oi̯ ou̯ eu̯ au̯ ai̯/}}. {{IPA|/ai̯ au̯/}} primarily only occur in English loanwords and are written ⟨aî⟩ and ⟨aou⟩ respectively (historically {{IPA|/au̯/}} was also written ⟨aû⟩ but this is now obsolete), like ''traîbe'' "tribe", ''éspaîque'' "a type of long, thin sword", ''claoune'' "clown" and ''plaouv'néje'' "snowplough". Importantly, the use of the circumflex in {{IPA|/ai̯/}} ⟨aî⟩ is not to show a silent /s/ as it is generally used in French, but instead originally was a variant of the [[w:Diaeresis (diacritic)|diaeresis]] that replaced it. Thus, the circumflex in Macambese operates almost equivalently to the diaeresis in French; indeed, ''éspaîque'' alone was often spelt ''éspaïque'' or ''espaïque'' as late as the mid-19th century.

====Nasal vowels====

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 Word-final {{IPA|/e/}}, generally written ''é'', is usually diphthongised to {{IPA|[ei̯]}}.
-Macambese has 5 valid diphthongs: {{IPA|/ei̯ oi̯ ou̯ au̯ ai̯/}}. {{IPA|/ai̯ au̯/}} primarily only occur in English loanwords and are written ⟨aî⟩ and ⟨aou⟩ respectively (historically {{IPA|/au̯/}} was also written ⟨aû⟩ but this is now obsolete), like ''traîbe'' "tribe", ''éspaîque'' "a type of long, thin sword", ''claoune'' "clown" and ''plaouv'néje'' "snowplough". Importantly, the use of the circumflex in {{IPA|/ai̯/}} ⟨aî⟩ is not to show a silent /s/ as it is generally used in French, but instead originally was a variant of the [[w:Diaeresis (diacritic)|diaeresis]] that replaced it. Thus, the circumflex in Macambese operates almost equivalently to the diaeresis in French; indeed, ''éspaîque'' alone was often spelt ''éspaïque'' or ''espaïque'' as late as the mid-19th century.
+Macambese has 6 valid diphthongs: {{IPA|/ei̯ oi̯ ou̯ eu̯ au̯ ai̯/}}. {{IPA|/ai̯ au̯/}} primarily only occur in English loanwords and are written ⟨aî⟩ and ⟨aou⟩ respectively (historically {{IPA|/au̯/}} was also written ⟨aû⟩ but this is now obsolete), like ''traîbe'' "tribe", ''éspaîque'' "a type of long, thin sword", ''claoune'' "clown" and ''plaouv'néje'' "snowplough". Importantly, the use of the circumflex in {{IPA|/ai̯/}} ⟨aî⟩ is not to show a silent /s/ as it is generally used in French, but instead originally was a variant of the [[w:Diaeresis (diacritic)|diaeresis]] that replaced it. Thus, the circumflex in Macambese operates almost equivalently to the diaeresis in French; indeed, ''éspaîque'' alone was often spelt ''éspaïque'' or ''espaïque'' as late as the mid-19th century.
 ====Nasal vowels====
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