Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Diphthongs in American English, Felipe Peralta, Mateo León, Alejandro…
Diphthongs in American English
/eɪ/
This diphthong creates sounds similar to “great” and is most often used with letter combinations that include /ey/, /ay/, /ai/ and /a/.
Examples:
break, rain, weight, face, day, date.
/əʊ/
This diphthong creates sounds similar to “boat” and most often occurs with letter combinations that include /ow/, /oa/ and /o/.
Examples:
slow, moan, though, float, boat, toast
/aʊ/
This diphthong creates sounds similar to “ow!” and most often occurs with letter combinations that include /ou/ and /ow/.
Examples:
brown, hound, now, straw, law, saw
/aɪ/
This diphthong creates sounds similar to "eye" and most often occurs with letter combinations that include /i/, /igh/, and /y.
Examples:
crime, like, lime, why, try, ride.
/eə/
This diphthong creates sounds similar to “air” and most often occurs with letter combinations that include /ai/, /a/, and /ea/.
Examples: lair, stair, bear, share, care, wear
/ɪə/
This diphthong creates sounds similar to “ear” and most often occurs with letter combinations that include /ee/, /ie/ and /ea/.
Examples:
beer, near, pier, ear, beard, bear
/ɔɪ/
This creates sounds similar to “boy” and most often occurs with letter combinations that include /oy/ and /oi/.
Examples:
oil, toy, coil, boy, point, choice.
/ʊə/
This diphthong creates sounds similar to “sure” and most occurs with letter combinations that include
Examples:
poor, pure, texture, lure, fur, good
A diphthong is a sound chain that consists of the articulation of two vowels, one continuation of the other, without interruption and producing a smooth transition in the sound frequencies that characterize the timbres of each of the two vowels.
Felipe Peralta, Mateo León, Alejandro Zurita, Krystopher Barrazueta, Amanda Guachichullca