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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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single vowel sound. For instance, in English, the word ah is
spoken as a
monophthong (/ɑː/),
while the word ow is
spoken as a
diphthong in most varieties...
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diphthong [e̯a] is
monophthongized to [a]: [mərɡ, ˈmarɡə, pə] for
standard merg, meargă, pe. The
stressed diphthong [e̯a]
monophthongizes to [ɛ] in word-final...
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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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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...
- breaking,
vowel fracture, or
diphthongization is the
sound change of a
monophthong into a
diphthong or triphthong.
Vowel breaking may be
unconditioned or...
- by
retaining /aɪ/ as a
diphthong (unlike the South,
which commonly monophthongizes this sound) and from
Western U.S. and
Canadian accents by
mostly preserving...
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nominal and
verbal paradigms). The use of the
spelling ⟨ai⟩ to
represent a
monophthong [ɛ(ː)] was
evidently in
imitation of 4th
century Gr****,
where ⟨ai⟩ likewise...
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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...
