Examples of Triphthongs to Understand the Concept.

The example of diphthong. Aɪ Creates a speech sound similar to eye and usually includes the letters i igh and y. This is the third diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English. For its part the decreasing diphthong is created when the first vowel is strong and the second vowel is weak.

Eə though this is considered a long monophthong vowel sound ɛː in many charts including The Sound of English IPA chart. This diphthong is pronounced as a long A sound sliding into a U sound. Some examples of this type of diphthong are.

The word is derived from Greek for having two sounds. A diphthong consists of a single syllable. A diphthong is a vowel sound with a deliberate glide.

Aɪ in the words eye and ɪ consists of the a vowel and only in about the last quarter of the diphthong does the glide to ɪ becomes noticeable. A diphthong is a sound that is made up of two separate vowel sounds within the same syllable. The ow sound can be made with the following vowel pairs.

For example New Yorkers adopted a diphthong that features an aw sound. It says aʊə. An example of two single syllable vowels can be seen in the word triage in which the i and the a are both pronounced on their own.

The oy sound can be made with the following vowel pairs. An example would be how certain folks in Birmingham pronounce nice in a manner that sounds more like noice. English has 8 diphthongs.