DIPHTHONGS
eɪ lady, make
əʊ go, home
aɪ my, time
ɑʊ now, round
ɔɪ boy, noise
ɪə here, beard
ɔə more, board
ʊə pure, your
TYPES OF DIPHTHONGS
FALLING DIPHTHONGS
eye, like, fly, light, and lime
RISING DIPHTHONGS
few, yell, weed, chute, and walk
CLOSING DIPHTHONGS
Have similar characteristics to falling.
OPENING DIPHTHONGS
They are similar to rising diphthongs.
NARROW DIPHTHONGS
They are comprised of vowel sounds and similarly pronounced.
WIDE DIPHTHONGS
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CLASSIFICATION OF DIPHTHONGS
Increasing
They are those that start with a closed vowel (i, u), because when they are pronounced it increases the opening of the vowel from / i / or / u / to the next vowel, like this: ie ia ua ua ue uo
Decreasing
Are those that end in a closed vowel, like this:
ai ei oi au eu ou
Homogeneous
They are the ones that start and end with a closed vowel, like this: iu ui