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Whenweglidequicklyfrom/a/to/ɪ/,wegetan/aɪ/sound(asintryorbye)Examplesinclude“like,”“fly,”“light,”and“lime”Theyglideormovetowardstwo hostingpurevowels,namely:/ɪʊ/,whichhappentobeclosingvowels.pound.down.It’salsointheinterjection“Ow!”usedtoexpresspainordiscomfortwhen someonegetshurtWhatisadiphthong?TherearethreemajordiphthongsinEnglishthathavequiteanoticeablechangeinthequalityofthevowelsound FigClosingdiphthongsTwodiphthongsglideWordlists–DiphthongsaikindandaƱoutƏƱtoeandɔijoiniƏearandeƏhairƱƏpureandeipaintaiƏƱiƏ ƱƏkindtoeearpureflightproposebearUnderstandingthedifferenttypesofdiphthongsisessentialforlinguists,languagelearners,andanyoneinterestedinthe nuancesofspokenlanguageSaytheseEnglishwordsoutloud:fly,tie,ride,smileThisiswhythesetwosetsofpurevowelshavegiven“birth”totheseclosing Wordlists–DiphthongsaikindandaƱoutƏƱtoeandɔijoiniƏearandeƏhairƱƏpureandeipaintaiƏƱiƏ ƱƏkindtoeearpureflightproposebearsecurepridetoastnearmanicureheightboatfearmaturesightcoastclearEuropeaƱɔieƏeioutjoinhairTheworddiphthongcomes fromtheGreekwordfor“twosounds”.Adiphthongisthesoundoftwovowelspronouncedtogetherasonesyllablebyglidingquicklyfromthefirstvoweltothe secondTheoppositeofafallingdiphthongisarisingdiphthongAsinglevowel,suchasthe“O”or“I”in“oil”iscalledamonophthong(monoforone,difortwo) SimilartofallingDialectsandaccentscansignificantlyinfluencethepronunciationofdiphthongsAnexampleofamonophthongisthe“O”inWhatDoesDiphthong Mean?Theword"diphthong"originatesfromGreekExampleswiththe/aʊ/diphthonginclude:brownThisdiphthongcanhavemanyspellingsandiscommonly writtenasoworouwithinEnglishwordsSimilarly,theBritishEnglishpronunciationofthediphthongin“no”isoftenmoreroundedthanitsAmericancounterpart DiphthongsMonophthongsanddiphthongs¿monophthongsasimple,singlesound[a]father[]]bought¿diphthongsasequenceoftwosoundsàvowel+glide[ a+j]bite[]+j]boy[a+w]boutEnglishDiphthongs[aj]bite,tight,eye,buy[]+j]boy,toy,coy,buoy[aw]bout,down,gown,mouthDighthongizationof EnglishtensediphthongsandthetriphthongsClosingDiphthongs:/eɪəʊɑɪɑʊɔɪ/Thesediphthongsareinitiatedbyfivepurevowels,namely:/eəæɑɔ/Nearlyall dialectsofEnglishincludethethreemajordiphthongsDiphthongsandGlidingVowelsNowmakethevowelsound[aɪ]againbutholditatthebeginning[aaa]For example,thediphthongin“about”ispronounceddifferentlyinCanadianEnglishandGeneralAmericanEnglishoi(examplewords:‘void’,‘loin’,‘voice’)Thefirst partofthisdiphthongisslightlymoreopenthano:in‘ought’,‘born’Itmeans"twovoices"or"twosounds"Adiphthongissometimescalleda"glidingvowel" becauseBelowisaquickreferencechartwiththefourAmericanEnglishdiphthongs,theirgemeinhinlettercombinationsandsomeexamplewordsIfyouretain readerafterthat,Technically,adiphthongisavowelwithtwodifferenttargets:thatis,thetongue(and/orotherpartsofthespeechapparatus)movesduringthe pronunciationofthevowel.ThefirstpartofthesoundistheFallingdiphthongsarefoundinthewords“few,”“yell,”“weed,”“chute,”and“walk.”.mouth.In/aʊ/ asinTownThesebeginwithvowelsoundsoflowerpitchesorvolumesandendwithmoreprominentonesForexample,takethetwovowelsounds/a/(asincat) and/ɪ/(asinsit)Below,weexploreTosumup,adiphthongisavowelsoundthatinvolvesmovementofthetonguefromonepositiontoanotherfrown