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==Glide==
Some speakers insert a {{w|semivowel}} glide at the end of vowels. In English, this occurs with the "long vowels" ay ee oh oo {{IPA|/ej ij ow uw/}}<ref>Dr Geoff Lindsey [@DrGeoffLindsey]. (22 October 2021).[//youtu.be/gtnlGH055TA Why these English phonetic symbols are all WRONG]. YouTube</ref><ref group="lower-alpha">{{IPA|[j]}} in the
Learners may do this unintentionally, leading to ambiguities between phrases like {{tp|[[mi]] [[jo]] pona [[e]] [[ni]]}} ("I'm holding this fine") and {{tp|mi [[o]] pona e ni}} {{IPA|[mi<mark>j</mark>‿o ˈpona e ni]}} ("I should fix that"). Practice keeping the vowels "flat" to avoid this.
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