2OBJECTIVES By the end of this unit learners should be able to identify and describe the English.
Five example of a diphthong. ɔɪ as in boy toy coy or the first syllable of soya. It was not by any means exclusively the battle of a diphthong. Long I long E.
The last part of the unit will be dedicated to a discussion of the English triphthongs. Beard weird fierce ear beer tear eə. Long A long E.
By time life why find quite high. Eɪ aɪ ɔɪ 3. Long E ur sound.
Eɪ as in Play. Diphthong Sentence Examples It possesses the five vowels a i u e o both short and long and one pure diphthong au. In this example the ai English diphthong is short or long depending on the word it is used in.
ɪə eə ʊə Closing diphthong 2. Two 2 ending in ʊ. The opposite of a falling diphthong is a rising diphthong.
There are eight but the first five are traditionally called the closing diphthongs. Diphthong is a vowel sound in which the tonguechanges position to produce the sound of twovowels. This diphthong uses letters and letter combinations like ey ay ai and a to form sounds similar to great Here are a few more examples.