Turning the word fire into far is example of monophthongization, a mouthful of letters proving that even though linguists love words, they could care less about making them easy to say.

This is the eighth diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English.

In contrast to the later period of the Greek language, Attic Greek during the Classical Period had many diphthongs. This is where two distinct vowel sounds are spoken within the same syllable (for ...

But diphthongs start as one vowel sound and glide into another vowel sound, so they’re a bit more complex. This article will walk you through the 12 monophthongs in English, with tons of word examples ...

Active and receptive knowledge of words; Cognate words with diphthong ei and with final g in German by OTTO SIEPMANN His Master's Voice (C 2164) Publication date 1931 Topics 78rpm, Talking Contributor ...

Spread the loveVowels and diphthongs are examples of different linguistic elements that we use daily, whether we realize it. Other elements you might have heard of could include digraphs, monographs, ...

Let's do the word soil, which is like another word for dirt. All right, so first sound, ss, is going to be represented by our S. And now what letters are going to make the oi sound in soil?

The diphthong /ai/, /au/ and /oi/ are sounds that are widely used in the pronunciation of the language and dialects of Malay language. However, the pronunciation of the diphthongs is claimed to vary ...

Cockney accents also tend to lengthen their diphthongs, especially when they’re in words that end with an “r,” which usually isn’t pronounced.

A diphthong consists of a set of any number of vowels that together sound like two vowels, in contrast to a monophthong, which sounds like one vowel, and a triphthong, which sounds like three. The ...