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Diphthong

A diphthong (/ˈdɪfθɒŋ, ˈdɪp-/ DIF-thong, DIP-), also known as a gliding vowel or a vowel glide, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue (and/or other parts of the speech apparatus) moves during the pronunciation of the vowel. In most…

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Diphthong

Nodes105
Edges104
Triples265
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019048
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related to Bibliography · 213
Diphthong → Abramson, Afrikaans, Akoestische, Albano, Albert, Ana Ma, Ane, Applied Language Studies, Applied Phonetics, Arlo, Arthur, Aussprache, Azzopardi-Alexander, Barbosa, Belgian Standard Dutch, Berkeley, Berlin, Blackwell, Blackwell Handbooks, Brabant
related to Falling and rising · 10
Diphthong → English, Falling, However, Italian, Romanian, See, Semivowels, Sometimes, The, There
related to Difference from semivowels and vowel sequences · 9
Diphthong → Diphthongs, However, In, Most, The Bunaq, The English, This, Timor, While
related to Length · 7
Diphthong → For, Icelandic, In, Languages, Northern Sami, Old English, Some
related to Closing, opening, and centering · 6
Diphthong → Closing, However, In, In Finnish, Old English, These
related to Narrow and wide · 5
Diphthong → Examples, Narrow, Northern Dutch, RP/GA English, Wide
related to Transcription · 5
Diphthong → Diphthongs, English, In, International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA
related to Sound changes · 3
Diphthong → Certain, Monophthongization, Vowel
is a · 1
Diphthong → vowel with two different targets
related to Phonology · 1
Diphthong → In

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diphthongs vowel english vowels may syllable falling sequences also two phonetic languages semivowel rising long word short pronounced one doi

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Diphthongis avowel with two different targets0.90text
paz mundialinstance ofin terms0.80text
'baita' is actually pronouncedinstance ofa word0.80text
'voi' would instead be pronouncedinstance ofA word0.80text
syllabified asinstance ofA word0.80text
in broascăinstance ofa/ can follow an obstruent-liquid cluster0.80text
Diphthongrelated to BibliographyBarbosa0.60section
Diphthongrelated to BibliographyPlínio0.60section
Diphthongrelated to BibliographyAlbano0.60section
Diphthongrelated to BibliographyEleonora0.60section
Diphthongrelated to BibliographyBrazilian Portuguese0.60section
Diphthongrelated to BibliographyPDF0.60section

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