In this example the ai English diphthong is short or long depending on the word it is used in.
Five example of a diphthong. The last part of the unit will be dedicated to a discussion of the English triphthongs. Technically a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets. Beard weird fierce ear beer tear eə.
Eə as in bear pair and hair. Long E ur sound. ɔɪ as in boy toy coy or the first syllable of soya.
ʊə as in tour poor or the first syllable of tourist. In RP standard southern British English there are 8 in total. Examples of Diphthongs.
Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary Diphthong is a single sound produced when twovowels one dominant in duration and stress andone reduced in duration and stress are pairedtogether in a sequence. Full list of words with these elements. Three 3 ending in ɪ.
Eɪ aɪ ɔɪ 3. Some examples of this type of diphthong are. A diphthong ˈ d ɪ f θ ɒ ŋ DIF-thong or ˈ d ɪ p θ ɒ ŋ DIP-thong.
The first element is longer and more stressed the a part of the diphthong aɪ in time for instance. It is pronounced as a long E sound sliding into an Ur sound. These begin with vowel sounds of lower pitches or volumes and end with more prominent ones.