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    This document discusses vowels sounds in English phonology. It defines monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs. Monophthongs are single vowel sounds, while diphthongs are combinations of two vowel sounds within one syllable like "boy" or "loud." Triphthongs have three vowel sounds in a single syllable like "layer" or "shower." The document provides examples of English diphthongs and triphthongs along with their phonetic symbols.

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    This document discusses vowels sounds in English phonology. It defines monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs. Monophthongs are single vowel sounds, while diphthongs are combinations of two vowel sounds within one syllable like "boy" or "loud." Triphthongs have three vowel sounds in a single syllable like "layer" or "shower." The document provides examples of English diphthongs and triphthongs along with their phonetic symbols.

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    This document discusses vowels sounds in English phonology. It defines monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs. Monophthongs are single vowel sounds, while diphthongs are combinations of two vowel sounds within one syllable like "boy" or "loud." Triphthongs have three vowel sounds in a single syllable like "layer" or "shower." The document provides examples of English diphthongs and triphthongs along with their phonetic symbols.

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    Muhammad Zaim Najmie Muhammad Shafiz Adzhar 1 PISMP PENGAJIAN SOSIAL AMBILAN JAN 2011

    Vowel

    Monophthongs

    Diphthongs

    Triphthongs

    Wikipedia :
    Literally, mean two sounds or two tones. A gliding vowel, refers to two adjacent vowel sounds occurring within the same syllable.

    Longman Dictionary :
    A vowel sound made by pronouncing two vowels quickly one after the other

    ` ` `

    Also known as complex vowels. Examples : boy, main, cow, school, loud Varies for different languages

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    Have continually moving tongue shape and changing sound quality they are represented by two vowel symbols but counted as one unit the two symbols represent the beginning and the end of the sound quality the jaw, tongue and lips make a gliding movement from the first element of the diphthong to the second the first part is much stronger than the second part

    No.

    Diphthongs

    Symbol (IPA)

    Examples

    1.

    ai

    /a /

    light, tiger, eye, I, life, my, sky loud, amount, mountain, cow

    2.

    au

    /a /

    3.

    oi

    noise, oyster, boy, boil

    No. 4.

    t ongs ia

    Symbol (I / /

    Exampl ear, deer, really, here low, go, motion, own, boat,zero,veto,ego make, take, weight, say, eight, lean, dean, mean, seen, loon, school poor, tour fume, cute, new, queue, you

    5.

    ou

    /o /

    6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

    ei ii uu ua iu

    /e / / i/ / u/ / /

    /iu/

    from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)


    Triphthong \Triph"thong\, n. [Pref. tri- + -phthong, as in diphthong: cf. F. triphthonque.] (Ortho["e]py) A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs.

    N O 1

    TRIPHTHON SYMBO G L a ire, uyer

    EXAMPLE hire, higher, liar, fire, pliers, buyer, diagram, Ireland shower, hour, power, sour, dour mayor, mayonnaise, player slower, mower, Goa

    2 3

    ower, our ayor, ayer, ower, oa

    a e

    ewer, ure

    fewer, newer, manure, cure, lure

    N O 6

    TRIPHTHO NG ue, uee

    SYMBO EXAMPLE L u query, queer, weir

    eo, io

    stereo, Romeo, radio, rodeo, Ethiopia

    8 9

    ia ia a a:

    pronunciation, affiliation Diana, dialysis, diaspor

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