Diphthongs- Impure Vowels

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There are  20 vowel sounds in English which we get from five vowel letters ‘a, e, i, o, u’. 12 sounds out of 20 vowel sounds are known as Monophthongs or Pure Vowels and rest 8 vowel sounds are known as Diphthongs or Impure Vowels.

 

         In this blog post I will explain about 8  Diphthong sounds.

 Diphthongs

A diphthong is a sound made by combining two vowels specifically when it starts as one vowel sound and goes to another sound.

     

 

    These are the 8 diphthong sounds.

 

1. /eɪ/  

     eight/eɪt/, face/feɪs/, day /deɪ/, break/breɪk/

 

2. /ɔɪ/  

    oil/ɔɪl/, boy/bɔɪ/,

    boil /bɔɪl/, choice/tʃɔɪs/,

 

3. /aɪ/  

     ice/aɪs/, my/maɪ/, price/praɪs/,high/haɪ/

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 In the Diphthongs grouped under (1) and (2) the movement of the glide is towards closer position and in the group (3) the glide is towards the centre position.

This was all about the diphthong sounds. In my next blog post I’ll explain about the consonant sounds.

To understand the pronunciation of the diphthong sounds and their examples, please watch the video below.

 

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In my previous blog post I explained  about 12 Monophthongs or pure vowels. To read or revise Monophthongs, you can click here.

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