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A monophthong (/ ˈ m ɒ n ə f θ ɒ ŋ, ˈ m ɒ n ə p-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-; from Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos) 'one sound', [1] from μόνος (mónos) 'single' and φθόγγος (phthóngos) 'sound') is a pure vowel sound, one whose articulation at only beginning and end is relatively fixed, and which does not glide up or down towards a new position of ...
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Some English sounds that may be perceived by native speakers as single vowels are in fact diphthongs; an example is the vowel sound in pay, pronounced /ˈpeɪ/. However, in some dialects (e.g. Scottish English) /eɪ/ is a monophthong . Some dialects of English make monophthongs from former diphthongs.
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The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used to represent sound correspondences among various accents and dialects of the English language.. These charts give a diaphoneme for each sound, followed by its realization in different dialects.
Monophthongs; IPA Sylheti Examples ISO 15919 English Approximation a ꠀ ꠀꠝ ā: between fat and father [3] e ꠄ ꠄꠘ꠆ꠒꠣ ē: may: i ꠁ ꠁꠐ i: beat o ꠅ ꠅꠎꠥ ō: story ɔ ꠅ ꠅꠘꠦ ô: off u ꠃ ꠃꠘ꠆ꠖꠣꠟ u: cool ʊ ꠅ ꠀꠅ, ꠎꠣꠅ ŭ: foot Diphthongs; ɔi ꠅꠂ, ꠅꠁ ꠅꠂꠍꠦ, ꠜꠂꠌꠣꠟ ôi ...
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In other words, all vowels but schwas. Examples of tense and lax vowels are [i], [o] and [ɪ], [ɔ], respectively. Another characteristic of vowels is rounding. For example, for [u], the lips are rounded, but for [i], the lips are spread. Vowels can be categorized as rounded or unrounded.