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The diphthong /au/ and the sequence /aʔu/ occasionally have a tendency to become [oʊ] or [ɔː] (e.g. isolì from isaulì, 'to return'). / ɛ / e in any position ( e spíritu , 'spirit'; tsin e las , 'slippers') and often i in final syllables (e.g., hind î ) and with exceptions like mul î (adverbial form of 'again') and English loanwords .
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... au is used in ... äu is used in German for the diphthong /ɔɪ/ in declension of native words with au ...
Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι-or Latin -ae-diphthongs. These include: In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ. When ae makes the diphthong / eɪ / (lay) or / aɪ ...
Centring diphthongs. In Western Australian English, the centring diphthong vowels in near and square are typically realised as full diphthongs, [iə] or [ia] and [eə] or [ea] respectively, whereas in the eastern states they may also be realised as monophthongs (without jaw movement), [iː] and [eː] respectively. [32] L–vocalisation
Stressed monophthongs of the general variety on a vowel chart, from Cox & Fletcher (2017:65). Stressed monophthongs of the broad variety on a vowel chart, reconstructed from Harrington, Cox & Evans (1997) Fronting diphthongs of the general variety shown on a vowel chart, from Cox & Fletcher (2017:67) Fronting diphthongs of the broad variety shown on a vowel chart, reconstructed from Harrington ...
American English pronunciation of "no highway cowboys" /noʊ ˈhaɪweɪ ˈkaʊbɔɪz/, showing five diphthongs: / oʊ, aɪ, eɪ, aʊ, ɔɪ / 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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... As for the diphthong /au/, ... – A free Ilokano dictionary application for people to utilize to overcome the language ...
Old English diphthongs have several origins. Long diphthongs developed partly from the Proto-Germanic diphthongs *au, *eu, *iu and partly from Old English vowel shifts. Short diphthongs developed only from Old English vowel shifts. Here are examples of diphthongs inherited from Proto-Germanic: PG *dauþuz > OE dēaþ 'death'