A
monophthong (Greek monóphthongos from mónos "single" and phthóngos "sound") is a pure vowel sound, one whose articulation at both
Kaynak: MonophthongDiphthongs contrast with
monophthong s, where the tongue doesn't move and only one vowel sound is heard in a syllable. Where two adjacent
Kaynak: DiphthongMonophthongs, diphthongs, triphthongs:
Monophthong | Diphthong | Triphthong | Semivowel over the duration of the vowel is called a
monophthong .
Kaynak: Vowel In historical linguistics , vowel breaking (sometimes called vowel fracture is the change of a
monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong
Kaynak: Vowel breakingWhile "pure" vowels, or
monophthong s, are said to have one target articulator position, diphthong s have two, and triphthongs three.
Kaynak: Triphthongi,
monophthongs or diphthongs ι, η, υ, οι, ει e,
monophthong or diphthong ε, αι a,
monophthong α o,
monophthongs ο, ω u, diphthong ου
Kaynak: Chalkidiki Greekthose diagrams as "(simple/compound) rhyme composition charts 單/複韻構成圖", which are diagrams depicting Chinese
monophthong s and diphthong s.
Kaynak: Chinese vowel diagramShared features: becomes
monophthong ized to. aː: Most speakers exhibit this feature at the ends of words and before voiced consonants but not
Kaynak: Southern American EnglishSmoothing is a phonetic process whereby adjacent vowel sounds are merged into a single sound (possibly a diphthong or
monophthong ).
Kaynak: Smoothing (phonetics)Spelling Vowels
Monophthongs: The Armenian language has eight
monophthong vowel sounds — ɑ, ɛ, i, o, u, ə, ʏ, œ — and ten symbols to
Kaynak: Traditional Armenian orthographyThis is the scheme followed by Ethnologue , and is based primarily on the outcome of the ten
monophthong vowels in Classical Latin.
Kaynak: Romance languagesPerhaps the only feature whose distribution is restricted almost exclusively to the Pittsburgh metropolitan area is /aw/
monophthongKaynak: Pittsburgh EnglishThe language has both
monophthong s and diphthong s, and many consonants can be voiced or unvoiced . Icelandic has an aspiration
Kaynak: Icelandic phonologyremained in Old Gutnish and Old West Norse, while in Old East Norse — except for peripheral dialects — it evolved into the
monophthong ǿ, i.e.
Kaynak: Old Gutnish