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Most languages of the world allow syllables without consonants, and monosyllabic words may therefore consist of a single vowel. Examples in English are ''a, O, I, eye'' (all of which are diphthongs: ). A smaller number of languages allow sequences of such syllables, and thus may have polysyllabic words without consonants. This list excludes monosyllables (see instead List of words that comprise a single sound) and words such as English ''whoa'' and ''yeah'' which contain the semivowels ''y'' and ''w.'' ==English== English has very few words of more than one syllable without a consonant, apart from proper names such as Aeaea, Aiea, Aia, Io, Eiao, Oea, and sometimes Iowa (below), and perhaps a few taxonomic terms such as ''Iouea'' below. * The maned sloth, or ''ai'', is pronounced with two syllables: . * Aa, a type of lava, is spelled without consonants, but is pronounced with a glottal stop, which is marginal in English: . * The aye-aye, a type of lemur: * Euouae, a musical cadence taken from the vowels in the hymn Gloria Patri doxology: "seculorum Amen", is the longest English word spelled without any consonant letters; it is also the English word with the most consecutive vowels. However, it is also pronounced with an initial consonant: . ''Euoi,'' an interjection expressing Bacchic frenzy, is similar. * Iouea, , or without one, . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Words without consonants」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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