SPEAKING ACCURATELY/DIPHTONGS
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, ...