Single vowel sounds monothongs 2.

Examples of diphthong vowel sounds. Stare steə gaze. In other words diphthong vowels are two short vowels joined together they are also called double vowels. They are A I U E and O.

OU OW Sounds Game. Another thing to note is that diphthongs depend upon pronunciation. In the words loot bear and fear for example only one vowel sound is articulated.

The sound is found in words with combinations of AR like P AIR ST ARE AER OPLANE B EAR. Double vowel sounds diphthongs In this section we will learn about diphthong. Standard English pronunciation has 7 diphthong phonemes some alphabets contain 8.

English diphthong vowels have two IPA symbols because they are made up of two mouth position. Diphthongs can be composed of one or two vowels. For somebody who speaks English its a bit difficult to illustrate since nothing is phonetically written that well in English.

Oi Oy Sounds Game. A diphthong occurs when two vowel sounds have taken up the primary space of a syllable as though it were one vowel. While vowels and sounds do change in a diphthong they do not necessarily take more time to say than a monophthong.

Fare feə fare. One of the best diphthong examples is the word oil Here we have two vowels working side by side and together they create a sound. The sound e is the core of the diphthong.