Editing Diphthong (section)

====Romanian====
{{Main|Romanian phonology}}
Romanian has two true diphthongs: {{IPA|/e̯a/}} and {{IPA|/o̯a/}}. There are, however, a host of other vowel combinations (more than any other major Romance language) which are classified as vowel glides. As a result of their origin (diphthongization of mid vowels under stress), the two true diphthongs appear only in stressed syllables<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Chițoran|2002a|p=204}}</ref> and make [[#Vowel alternations|morphological alternations]] with the mid vowels {{IPA|/e/}} and {{IPA|/o/}}. To native speakers, they sound very similar to {{IPA|/ja/}} and {{IPA|/wa/}} respectively.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Chițoran|2002a|p=206}}</ref> There are no perfect [[minimal pair]]s to contrast {{IPA|/o̯a/}} and {{IPA|/wa/}},<ref name="Chiorana" /> and because {{IPA|/o̯a/}} does not appear in the final syllable of a prosodic word, there are no monosyllabic words with {{IPA|/o̯a/}}; exceptions might include ''voal'' ('veil') and ''trotuar'' ('sidewalk'), though Ioana Chițoran argues<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Chițoran|2002b|p=217}}</ref> that these are best treated as containing glide-vowel sequences rather than diphthongs. In addition to these, the semivowels {{IPA|/j/}} and {{IPA|/w/}} can be combined (either before, after, or both) with most vowels, while this arguably<ref>See {{Harvcoltxt|Chițoran|2001|pp=8–9}} for a brief overview of the views regarding Romanian semivowels</ref> forms additional diphthongs and [[triphthong]]s, only {{IPA|/e̯a/}} and {{IPA|/o̯a/}} can follow an obstruent-liquid cluster such as in ''broască'' ('frog') and ''dreagă'' ('to mend'),<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Chițoran|2002b|p=213}}</ref> implying that {{IPA|/j/}} and {{IPA|/w/}} are restricted to the syllable boundary and therefore, strictly speaking, do not form diphthongs.