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monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ, ˈmɒnəp-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-) is a pure
vowel sound, or one
whose articulation at
beginning and end is
relatively fixed,...
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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...
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distinct diphthongs, one in
every syllable.
Diphthongs contrast with
monophthongs,
where the
tongue or
other speech organs do not move and the syllable...
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whose quality does not
change throughout the
vowel is
called a
monophthong.
Monophthongs are
sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A
vowel sound...
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quality to
another that p****es over a third.
While "pure" vowels, or
monophthongs, are said to have one
target articulator position,
diphthongs have two...
- Saxon) mid, /eo/ /eːo/,
spelt ⟨eo⟩ low, /æɑ/ /æːɑ/,
spelt ⟨ea⟩ As with
monophthongs, the
length of the
diphthongs was not
indicated in spelling, but in modern...
- in the
Armenian alphabet during the
Middle Ages.
Armenian has
eight monophthongs (ɑ, ɛ, i, o, u, ə, ʏ, œ) and ten
symbols to
represent them (⟨ա, ե, է...
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Monophthongization of
diphthongs is a Proto-Slavic
sound change in
which diphthongs turn into vowels. It is one of the key
events in the
chronology of...
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southern portion of the
eastern ridges and lowlands. The
appearance of
monophthongs in this
region is
sometimes attributed to the high
degree of Scandinavian...
- word. In many
North American dialects,
there are ten or
eleven stressed monophthongs; only five or six
vowel (rarely seven)
contrasts are
possible before...
