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Five example of diphthong. Falling diphthongs are found in the words few yell weed chute and walk. English has five triphthongs which are formed by the diphtongs ending in ɪ and ʊ the sound ə. Aired cairn scarce bear hair ʊə.

This is a centring diphthong initiated from the front close region. The opposite of a falling diphthong is a rising diphthong. Diphthongs are sometimes referred to as long vowels but this is misleading.

The sound change that turns a single vowel into a diphthong is called diphthongization. Where two adjacent vowel sounds occur in different syllablesfor example in the English word re-elect the result is described as hiatus not as a diphthong. Long a say paid algae grey veil steak.

Full list of words with these elements. These begin with vowel sounds of lower pitches or volumes and end with more prominent ones. Crime like lime e ɪ This diphthong creates sounds similar to great and is most often used with letter combinations that include ey ay ai and a.

For instance in English the word ah is spoken as a monophthong ɑː while the word ow is spoken as a diphthong in most varieties aʊ. Here are some common examples of diphthongs in use. Eɪ aɪ ɔɪ 3.

ɪə eə ʊə Closing diphthong 2. Three 3 ending in ɪ. Examples include like fly light and lime.