-
opening diphthongs /ie̯/ and /uo̯/ are true
falling diphthongs,
since they
begin louder and with
higher pitch and fall in
prominence during the
diphthong. A...
- first. The set of
diphthongs that
occurred depended on
dialect (and
their exact pronunciation is in any case uncertain).
Typical diphthongs are considered...
- with ē̆a [æɑ]. Old
English diphthongs have
several origins. Long
diphthongs developed partly from the Proto-Germanic
diphthongs *au, *eu, *iu and partly...
- to
diphthongs.
Vowel breaking sometimes occurs only in
stressed syllables. For instance,
Vulgar Latin open-mid /ɛ/ and /ɔ/
changed to
diphthongs only...
-
represented diphthongs now
represent monophthongs. The
opposite of
monophthongization is
vowel breaking.
classical Arabic had two
diphthongs, /aj/ and /aw/...
-
Monophthongization of
diphthongs is a Proto-Slavic
sound change in
which diphthongs turn into vowels. It is one of the key
events in the
chronology of...
- ε, ο, ει, ου. The
specific rules are more complex. By contrast, true
diphthongs are e or o
placed before i or u. Some come from e-grade of
ablaut + i...
-
vowel phonemes,
depending on how long
vowels and
diphthongs are analyzed. If the long
vowels and
diphthongs are
treated as two-phoneme sequences, the total...
-
called a pure vowel. The
conversions of
monophthongs to
diphthongs (
diphthongization), and of
diphthongs to
monophthongs (monophthongization), are
major elements...
- many
diphthongs, all
falling diphthongs with /i u/ as the
second semivocalic element, and
either with a
short or long
first element.
Diphthongs with a...
