[Tlhingan-hol] [Phonetics] -ew', -Iw', -Iy'

[David Holt]

> lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh jatlh,
> Effectively, {w} and {y} are {u} and {I} used as consonants, creating the only shift from one> vowel sound to another in Klingon without a consonant between them. Since Klingon lacks> the Japanese “long” vowel idea, you can’t have {uw} or {Iy}. I’m not sure why {ow} is not> allowed, unless Okrand is making fun of the impure long “o” sound that English speakers> tend to use.
Actually {y} used in diphthongs represents /i/ doesn't it?  Thus {Iy} is allowed, as attested by the words, {lIy}, {mIy}, {wIy}, and {SonchIy}. janSIy 		 	   		  
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