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first two and the soft connecting semi-vowel w in the case of the last three) and it sounds then like the final vowel-sound in the French amie or in the Dutch harmonieën.
ï is almost as furtive; it only appears after other vowels (all except i, é, è) and separates them from a final h, e.g. alōïh, bagaïh. The ïh is only the corrupted sound of an original s.
e is the protracted and accented pronunciation of the vowel in the French je, le, se; in Achehnese verses make it rhyme with o.
