[COLOR="rgb(154, 205, 50)"]Semivowels [/COLOR]are sounds that are, as the name implies, very nearly vowels. In English, we have w and y, which you can see are a lot like vowels such as oo and ee, but with the lips almost closed for w (a bilabial) and the tongue almost touching the palate for y (a palatal). They are also called glides, since they normally ―glide‖ into or out of vowel positions (as in woo, yeah, ow, and oy).