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Diphthong is a combination of two vowel sounds usually involving a quick but smooth movement(glide) from one vowel sound to another often interpreted by listeners as a single vocal sound. There are 8 diphthongs in English. Dipthongs S.No Symbol Key words Phonetic transcription 1. /ei/ mail, pail,tail /m eil / 2. /ai/ mile, file, smile /m ai / 3. / au/ now, town , cow /n au / 4. /e ә / air, hair, their /e ә ( r ) / 5. /i ә / fear, tear, near /f i ә (r)/ 6. /u ә / poor, tour, pure /pu ә / 7. / ב i/ coil, oil, toil /k ב il / 8. / ә u / old , go, blow / ә uld /