Lair stair bear ɪə This diphthong creates sounds similar to ear and most often occurs with letter combinations that include ee ie and ea.

Example of diphthong sound. In English there are two types of vowel sounds. Moored tour lure sure pure. Eɪ aɪ ɔɪ 3.

Beard weird fierce ear beer tear eə. A diphthong is a long vowel sound made by gliding from one position of the mouth to another within the same syllable. An example would be the way certain New Yorkers pronounce dog in a manner that sounds more like dawg Likewise folks over in Birmingham England adopted a diphthong that features an oi sound among others.

Use UpDown Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Rain fail wait ei. It is represented in phonetic transcription by a sequence of two elements Symbols.

Standard English pronunciation has 7 diphthong phonemes some alphabets contain 8 phonemes see below. Word lists Vowels i ɪ and i. This is the second diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English.

Diphthongs are the sounds represented by the symbols in red. That is the vowel glide must be performed within one syllable. Following is a list of 20 examples of triphthongs in English.

Depending on your accent you may use up to 8 diphthongs in English pronunciation and here they are in rough order of popularity. Eə This diphthong creates sounds similar to air and most often occurs with letter combinations that include ai a and ea. As the diphthong trapezium shows a glide that is initiated around the half-close region of the mouth ends up at a region around the closeback of the mouth.