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  2. Diphthong - Wikipedia

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    A diphthong (/ ˈ d ɪ f θ ɒ ŋ, ˈ d ɪ p-/ DIF-thong, DIP-; [1] from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos) 'two sounds', from δίς (dís) 'twice' and φθόγγος (phthóngos) 'sound'), also known as a gliding vowel or a vowel glide, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. [2]

  3. Old English phonology - Wikipedia

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    A short diphthong had the same length as a short single vowel, and a long diphthong had the same length as a long single vowel. [124] As with monophthongs, their length was not systematically marked in Old English manuscripts, but is inferred from other evidence, such as a word's etymological origins or the pronunciation of its descendants.

  4. Phonics - Wikipedia

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    Three of the long vowels are also in fact combinations of two vowel sounds, in other words diphthongs: / aɪ / as in "I" or mine, / oʊ / as in no, and / eɪ / as in bay, which partly accounts for the reason they are considered "long". Vowel digraphs are those spelling patterns wherein two letters are used to represent a vowel sound. The ai in ...

  5. Vowel length - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, vowel length is the perceived length of a vowel sound: the corresponding physical measurement is duration.In some languages vowel length is an important phonemic factor, meaning vowel length can change the meaning of the word, for example in Arabic, Czech, Dravidian languages (such as Tamil), some Finno-Ugric languages (such as Finnish and Estonian), Japanese, Kyrgyz, Samoan ...

  6. Osthoff's law - Wikipedia

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    The traditional school of Balto-Slavic linguistics posits compensatory lengthening of liquid diphthongs before laryngeals. Following this, long vowels become acuted, and the long vowels subsequently shorten again due to Osthoff's law, leaving an acuted liquid diphthong. [3] For example:

  7. Phonological history of Old English - Wikipedia

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    In an unstressed open syllable, /i/ and /u/ (including final /-u/ from earlier /-oː/) were lost when following a long syllable (i.e. one with a long vowel or diphthong, or followed by two consonants), but not when following a short syllable (i.e. one with a short vowel followed by a single consonant). [21] This took place in two types of contexts:

  8. Latin phonology and orthography - Wikipedia

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    The letters a e i o u y , each of which could represent either a short vowel or a long one. The long vowels were sometimes marked with apices, as in á é ó ú ý , while long /iː/ could be marked with the special character ꟾ . [3] Since the 19th century, long vowels have been marked with macrons, as in ā ē ī ō ū ȳ ; sometimes breves ...

  9. Ancient Greek phonology - Wikipedia

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    [39] Whether they have a long or a short first element, all diphthongs count as two morae when applying the accent rules, like long vowels, except for /ai oi/ in certain cases. Overall Attic and Koine show a pattern of monophthongization: they tend to change diphthongs to single vowels.

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