Definition of Diphthongally. Meaning of Diphthongally. Synonyms of Diphthongally

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Definition of Diphthongally

Diphthongally
Diphthongal Diph*thon"gal (?; 115), a. Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong. -- Diph*thon"gal*ly, adv.

Meaning of Diphthongally from wikipedia

- [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. A diphthong (/ˈdɪfθɒŋ, ˈdɪp-/ DIF-thong, DIP-; from Ancient Gr**** δίφθογγος (díphthongos) 'two...
- spurious diphthong (or false diphthong) is an Ancient Gr**** vowel that is etymologically a long vowel but written exactly like a true diphthong ει, ου (ei...
- linguistics, vowel breaking, vowel fracture, or diphthongization is the sound change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong. Vowel breaking may be unconditioned...
- / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. English diphthongs have undergone many changes since the Old and Middle English periods....
- slightly diphthongized, and are often narrowly transcribed in phonetic literature as diphthongs [ɪi] and [ʊu]. The starting point of the diphthongal /uː/...
- length are distinguished, and there are a range of diphthongs, although vowel harmony limits which diphthongs are possible. Finnish belongs to the Finnic branch...
- vowel ⟨e⟩ to ⟨o⟩. Diphthongs could be short or long. A short diphthong had the same length as a short single vowel, and a long diphthong had the same length...
- either the diphthong /aɪ/ ("long" ⟨i⟩) as in kite, the short /ɪ/ as in bill, or the ⟨ee⟩ sound /iː/ in the last syllable of machine. The diphthong /aɪ/ developed...
- developed into diphthongs of a generally less common type in which both elements are of the same height, called height-harmonic diphthongs. This process...
- vowels as in Standard English. The diphthongs /ei/ and /ou/ are monophthongs [eː] and [oː] or even the reverse diphthongs [ie] and [uo] (e.g. bay and boat...