Odia has 29 consonant phonemes, 2 semivowel phonemes and 6 vowel phonemes. As mentioned above, the labiodental approximant is considered a semivowel in some treatments. However, diphthongs ending in were usually pronounced with a double semivowel or before a vowel. The original nasalized semivowel is still reflected as in the spelling, however. Similarly, languages often avoid configurations where a semivowel precedes its corresponding vowel. The semivowel is rounded after rounded vowels. In Italian represents (where is the semivowel allophone of ). A consonant + semivowel (e.g. "gw" or "ly") also has one mora. In many morphological processes, a vowel before another vowel may become the semivowel . They were later borrowed into English as "vowel", "consonant", "semivowel", "mute". After two consonants, the latter being a semivowel, all vowels are long. The corresponds to the palatal semivowel whose IPA transcription is (and not to IPA ). The use of the letter for a vowel or a semivowel is very restricted. Syllables containing semivowel "e" or "i" are never stressed. The becomes the semivowel and is lost, except in the vocative singular.