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Line 1: − 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.+ − + − mile, file, smile+ − /m+ − ai+ − /+ − 3.+ − + − au/ + − now, town , cow + − /n+ − au+ − /+ − 4.+ − − ә − − air, hair, their − /e − ә − ( − r − ) − − 5. − − 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 − /
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{| class="wikitable"
!Symbol
!Initial Position
!Medial Position
!Final Position
|-
|/p/
|paper
|pepper
|tap
|-
|/b/
|bun
/ai/
|rubber
|tub
|-
|/t/
|ten
|kitten
/
|kite
|-
|/d/
|doll
|lady
|bird
|}
/e
/
/
/i