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Diphthong  is a combination of two vowel sounds usually involving a quick but smooth movement(glide)
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from  one  vowel  sound  to  another  often  interpreted    by  listeners  as  a  single  vocal  sound.  There
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!Symbol
are  8
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!Initial Position
diphthongs in English.
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!Medial Position
Dipthongs
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!Final Position
S.No          Symbol                     Key words                  Phonetic transcription
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1.
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|/p/
/ei/     
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|paper
mail, pail,tail
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|pepper
/m
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|tap
eil
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|/b/
2.
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|bun
/ai/      
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|rubber
mile, file, smile
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|tub
/m
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|-
ai
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|/t/
/
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|ten
3.
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|kitten
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|kite
au/  
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now, town , cow   
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|/d/
/n
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|doll
au
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|lady
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|bird
4.
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/e
 
ә
 
/      
 
air, hair, their
 
/e
 
ә
 
(
 
r
 
)
 
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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
 
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old , go, blow
 
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ә
 
uld
 
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Revision as of 05:10, 5 October 2018

Symbol Initial Position Medial Position Final Position
/p/ paper pepper tap
/b/ bun rubber tub
/t/ ten kitten kite
/d/ doll lady bird