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The Gliding Consonant /w/

1-   This consonant consists of a quick glide from the vowel /u:/ or /u/ to whatever vowel follows.

2-   It is much more difficult than /j/ because many languages do not have an independent /w/.

3-   The /w/ part must be short and weak , as with /j/, but the lips must be rounded quit firmly.

Examples are

Watch / wot?/       win /win/                 where /we?/

Wet /wet/            we /wi:/                  wood /wud/

White   /wait/       wait  /wet/             wool /wul/.

4-   When /w/ follows a consonant it is made in the same way; but the lips are rounded ready for /w/ before the previous consonant is finished:

Examples are :

Sweet  /swi:t/                    swim /swim/                       sweat /swet/

Swear  /swe?/                    dwelling  /dweli?/

5-  When /w/ immediately follows /t / or /k/ the glide is not voiced, though the lips are again rounded during the stop consonant.

Twice  /twais/            twenty /twenti/                 twelve /twelve/                 twin /twin/

Quit /kwait /             quick /kwik/                       quiet /kwai?t/                      queen /kwi:n/

More examples :

Verse /v?:s/       worse /w ?:s/          vine /vain/                     wine /wain/

Veal /vi:l/                  wheel /wi:l/                 vile /vail/                while /wail/

Vary /ve?ri/                  wary /we?ri/           veil /veil/             wail  /weil/

Other examples :

Reward /riwo:d/                                                               reveal /rivi:l/

Forward /fo:w?d/                                                             hovered /hov?d/

Away /?wei/                                                                       avail /?veil/

Highway /haiwei/                                                             diver /daiv?/

Note : /w/ does not occur in final position.