SYLLABLES

Every vowel[1] with the consonant or consonants pronounced with it and every vowel pronounced alone form one syllable, and are written as such. This is the rule applied to the division of a word at the end of a line. Examples:

ca-ru-ca-yá-can (conversation)
bác-dao (stand)
a-ha-cá (hemp), etc.

[1] Except o and u when used as consonants, their function then being properly that of a w. [↑]

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