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Latvian
Etymology
Coined by Andrejs Stērste in 1879, from div(i) (“two”) + skan(ēt) (“to sound”).[1]
Noun
divskanis m (2nd declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) diphthong (sequence of two different vowels pronounced in one syllable)
- latviešu valodas divskaņi ― the diphthongs of the Latvian language
Declension
Declension of divskanis (2nd declension)
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