Definition of Monophthongal. Meaning of Monophthongal. Synonyms of Monophthongal

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Definition of Monophthongal

Monophthongal
Monophthongal Mon`oph*thon"gal, a. Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.

Meaning of Monophthongal from wikipedia

- A monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ, ˈmɒnəp-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-; from Ancient Gr**** μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos) 'one sound', from μόνος (mónos) 'single', and...
- Monophthongization is a sound change by which a diphthong becomes a monophthong, a type of vowel shift. It is also known as ungliding, as diphthongs are...
- Southern American English, /aɪ̯/ becomes monophthongal [aː] except before voiceless consonants. The erstwhile monophthongs /iː/ and /uː/ are diphthongized in...
- whose quality does not change throughout the vowel is called a monophthong. Monophthongs are sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A vowel sound...
- breaking, vowel fracture, or diphthongization is the sound change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong. Vowel breaking may be unconditioned or...
- have undergone monophthongization to [o]. The same is true for /eɪ/, which can be realized as [e], but data suggest that monophthongal variants are more...
- vowel). All of the tense vowels except /ɑ/ and /ɔ/ can have either monophthongal or diphthongal pronunciations (i.e. [i, u, e, ö̞] vs [i̞i, u̞u, eɪ,...
- Monophthongs Front Central Back short long short long short long Close i இ iː ஈ u உ uː ஊ Mid e எ eː ஏ o ஒ oː ஓ Open ä அ äː ஆ...
- lax vowels as in Standard English. The diphthongs /ei/ and /ou/ are monophthongs [eː] and [oː] or even the reverse diphthongs [ie] and [uo] (e.g. bay...
- to be confused with disyllabic sequences of a diphthong followed by a monophthong, as in German Feuer [ˈfɔʏɐ] 'fire', where the final vowel is longer than...