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monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ, ˈmɒnəp-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-; from
Ancient Gr**** μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos) 'one sound', from μόνος (mónos) 'single' and...
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Monophthongization is a
sound change by
which a
diphthong becomes a
monophthong, a type of
vowel shift. It is also
known as ungliding, as
diphthongs are...
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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...
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diphthong [e̯a] is
monophthongized to [a]: [mərɡ, ˈmarɡə, pə] for
standard merg, meargă, pe. The
stressed diphthong [e̯a]
monophthongizes to [ɛ] in word-final...
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single vowel sound. For instance, in English, the word ah is
spoken as a
monophthong (/ɑː/),
while the word ow is
spoken as a
diphthong in most varieties...
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whose quality does not
change throughout the
vowel is
called a
monophthong.
Monophthongs are
sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A
vowel sound...
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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...
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Monophthongs Front Central Back
short long
short long
short long
Close i இ iː ஈ u உ uː ஊ Mid e எ eː ஏ o ஒ oː ஓ Open ä அ äː ஆ...
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southern portion of the
eastern ridges and lowlands. The
appearance of
monophthongs in this
region is
sometimes attributed to the high
degree of Scandinavian...
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pronunciation and grammar.
Features typical of
Viennese German include Monophthongization, the
transformation of a
diphthong into a
monophtong (German heiß...
