What is a diphthong? “Diphthong is a vowel sound in which the tonguechanges position to produce the sound of twovowels”.(...




 There are eight diphthongs commonlyused in English. They are: /eɪ/, /aɪ/,/əʊ/, /aʊ/, /ɔɪ/, /ɪə/, /eə/, and /ʊə/.



 It is important to note that the close combination ofthe two vowels causes each of the vowels to lose itspure quality. F...



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