So heres how to pronounce this diphthong as well as a diphthong list of other words with the same sound.

Example of a diphthong. In English the word loan its pronounced ləʊn. Diphthongs can be composed of one or two vowels. In Spanish the word aire its pronounced aire.

An example of an English diphthong is the ou combination in sound. In this sense words that are written with two vowels but are pronounced as one do not constitute diphthongs. Moored tour lure sure pure.

Two 2 ending in ʊ. When a strong and a weak vowel or two weak vowels combine to form a single syllable they form a diphthong. For examplethatandaguinaldoare not diphthongs.

Examples of Spanish and English diphthongs. Diphthong Sentence Examples It possesses the five vowels a i u e o both short and long and one pure diphthong au. For example New Yorkers adopted a diphthong that features an aw sound.

Long O long E. Aɪ in the words eye and ɪ consists of the a vowel and only in about the last quarter of the diphthong does the glide to ɪ becomes noticeable. Narrow diphthongs are the ones that end with a vowel which on a vowel chart is quite close to the one that begins the diphthong for example Northern Dutch eɪ øʏ and oʊ.

It is pronounced as a long E sound sliding into an Ur sound. Wide diphthongs are the opposite - they require a greater tongue movement and their offsets are farther away from their starting points on the vowel chart. ɪə eə ʊə Closing diphthong.