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SPEAKING ACCURATELY/DIPHTONGS

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Hi and Assalamualaikum,today i got new think that is DIPHTONGS. let me show you guys:- A  diphthong  ( / ˈ d ɪ f θ ɒ ŋ /   DIF -thong  or  / ˈ d ɪ p θ ɒ ŋ /   DIP -thong ; [1]  from  Greek :  δίφθογγος ,  diphthongos , literally "double sound" or "double tone"), also known as a  gliding vowel , is a combination of two adjacent  vowel  sounds within the same  syllable . Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue (and/or other parts of the  speech apparatus ) moves during the pronunciation of the vowel. In many  dialects  of  English , the phrase  no highway cowboys   / ˌ n oʊ   ˈ h aɪ w eɪ   ˈ k aʊ b ɔɪ z /  has five distinct diphthongs, one in every  syllable . Diphthongs contrast with  monophthongs , where the tongue or other speech organs do not move and the syllable contains only a single vowel sound. For instance, ...