Learning English, Literature, Linguistics: Triphthongs

Friday, 2 December 2011

Triphthongs

Triphthongs:

A Triphthong is a combination of three simple vowels or monophthongs. In a triphthong the first monophthong glides into the second and the second produced by the first glides into the third monophthong. The English language has five Triphthongs.

          1./ еІә /(এইও)      as in the words prayer, player, layer.
          2./ αІә/(আইও)     as in the words liar, tyre, fire.
          3./ )Іә /(ওইও)     as in the words loyal, royal.
          4./ αuә /(আউও)  as in the words hour, tower, power, flower.
          5./ әuә /(অউও)   as in the words lower, mower, slower, goer.


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