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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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Southern American English, /aɪ̯/
becomes monophthongal [aː]
except before voiceless consonants. The
erstwhile monophthongs /iː/ and /uː/ are
diphthongized in...
- 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...
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English accents, the
vowels have been merged;
whether the
outcome is
monophthongal or
diphthongal depends on the accent. However, in a few
regional accents...
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diphthong [oʊ] (found in some
speakers from Es****), as well as two rare
monophthongal realizations,
namely [ɐː] and [o̞ː]. /eɪ/ (as in FACE), can be realised...
- of
tense pure
vowels (
monophthongs) in
General American. All of the
tense vowels except /ɑ/ and /ɔ/ can have
either monophthongal or
diphthongal pronunciations...
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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...
- respectively,
otherwise they are
monophthongs /eː/ and /oː/. A good
illustration is that of the word play-place /ˈpleipleːs/.
Monophthongal pronunciations /eː/ and...
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native speakers. It uses the
Latin writing system. The
language features monophthong, diphthong, and
triphthong vowels.
Waris is
spoken by
about 2,500 people...
