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