You can however hear this in the word soil or foil.

Give example of a diphthong. Notice that the vowel sounds may look like a combination of vowel and consonant. An example of a dipthong is the oa in the word coat. In RP standard southern British English there are 8 in total.

Do you enjoy listening to accents across the globe. What are some examples of a diphthong. Vowels pronunciation take place through a glide that is through a continuous and very smooth movement from the first vowel to the second in other words they are not articulated distinctly.

In this example the ai English diphthong is short or long depending on the word it is used in. A single vowel such as the O or I in oil is called a monophthong mono for one di. It may be the case that two vowels are together when written but do not belong to the same syllable.

Oi oo and ow. So heres how to pronounce this diphthong as well as a diphthong list of other words with the same sound. In this case it would be a hiatus.

For example New Yorkers adopted a diphthong that features an aw sound. Long A ur sound. Beard weird fierce ear beer tear eə.

Eɪ aɪ ɔɪ 3. Here are some common examples of diphthongs in use. Aɪ Creates a speech sound similar to eye and usually includes the letters i igh and y.