- [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and
transcription delimiters. A
diphthong (/ˈdɪfθɒŋ, ˈdɪp-/ DIF-thong, DIP-; from
Ancient Gr**** δίφθογγος (díphthongos) 'two...
-
length are distinguished, and
there are a
range of
diphthongs,
although vowel harmony limits which diphthongs are possible.
Finnish belongs to the
Finnic branch...
- 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/...
-
refers to
quantity or
diphthongization (−1=short, −2=long, −3=short but
lengthened early in the
history of Yiddish, −4=
diphthong, −5=special
length occurring...
-
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...
-
reduction due to
rapid speech and
frequent use. ⟨e⟩
diphthongizes to [ɛj] when stressed. ⟨é⟩
diphthongizes to [ej] when
stressed except word-finally, where...
-
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...
-
classical words if ⟨ui⟩ were to be
considered a
diphthong. The
sequences sometimes did not
represent diphthongs. ⟨ae⟩ and ⟨oe⟩ also
represented a sequence...
