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The following document shows a sample table and describes the different vowels and diphthongs IPA.

In this picture we see the pronunciation of the vowels that go on front, center and back and also the high, medium and low.

Monophtongs: Sounds which consist of a movement or glide from one vowel to another. /ɔ/

Diphthong: two vowel sounds put together a more open sound glider to a more closed sound. Diphthongs have the same length as the long vowels.

 

/aɪ/= tide, time, nice, buy, bike, pie, eye, kite, fine

/aʊ/= loud, gown, house, cow, bow, brow, grouse

/ɔɪ/= void, loin, voice, oil, boil, coin, toy, Roy

/eɪ/= paid, pain, face, shade, age, wait, taste, paper

/ju/= you, beauty

/oʊ/= touch, so, sow

Tripthongs: A dipthong plus another vowel sound, A triphthong is a glide from one vowel to another and the to a third, all produced rapidly and without interruption. For example, a careful pronunciation of the word ‘hour’ begins with a vowel quality similar to ‘ɑ:’, goes on to ‘ʊ’ then ends in ‘ə’.

 

/aɪə/= as in lire, fire, tired

/auə/= as in power, hour.

/ɔɪə/= as in loyal, royal, employer

This exercise helps us distinguish different vowel sounds, such as monotongos, diphthongs and triptongos, with their signs and examples of each.

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