Talk:Tausug phrasebook

Vowels
The explanations of the repeating vowels and the dual vowels seem identical. Is there any difference a novice Tausug learner needs to know about? Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:13, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * User:Jabolero, your input, please. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:44, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Will you please engage in a discussion? I see you have yet to post to any talk pages. Might you be User:Josh Rayver? Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:33, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Dual vowels is two similar vowels like for example, a & a in the word "daak" and i & i in the word "giik". Jabolero (talk) 12:27, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Wait I was wrong.

Dual vowels is two diff. vowel.

Repeating vowel is two similar vowel

Jabolero (talk) 12:29, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Repeating vowel suggest that a certain vowel is being repeated.

While in dual vowel is two different vowel like a & u in the word "saub" Jabolero (talk) 12:31, 20 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your input, Jabolero. But how is that important information for people who, rather than being linguists, are just novice Tausug learners who want to learn survival-level Tausug for a trip of a couple of weeks? To me, whether the two vowels are the same or different, all I need to know is whether I have to pronounce them one after the other, prolong the sound if they're the same vowel, or make them a diphthong. I don't have a reason to care how linguists classify them. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:38, 20 March 2021 (UTC)