diphthongs

DR. EMILDA JOSEPHINE

 Course Objective

Diphthongs

Cardinal Vowel Scale for

Diphthongs

Description of Diphthongs
Cardinal Vowel Scale for Diphthongs
 Diphthongs

Also called as Vowel Glide

The tongue glides from one to another

while it is being produced.

 Classification of Diphthongs

/ei/ /au/

/ai/ /i/

/i/ /e/

/u/ /u/
 Description of Diphthong /ei/

The glide begins slightly below the half-

close front position

Moves in the direction of R.P /i/

The lips are spread.

 Phonetic Transcription of /ei/

Late /leit/ May /mei/

Make /meik/ Aim /eim/

Lady /leidi/ Rain /rein/

Waste /weist/ Eight /eit/

Day /dei/ Great /greit/

 Description of Diphthong /ai/

The glide of /ai/ begins at a point slightly behind the

front open position

Moves in the direction of the pronunciation /i/.

The lips change from a neutral to a loosely spread

position
 Phonetic Transcription of /ai/

Time /taim/ Die /dai/

Write /rait/ Lie /lai/

Light /lait/ Pie /pai/

High /hai/ Height /hait/

Fight /fait/ Bite /bait/

 Description of Diphthong /i/

The tongue glide begins at a point

between the back half-open and open

position.
Moves in the direction of /i/

The lips are open-rounded for the first

vowel and changes to neutral for the

second.
 Phonetic Transcription of /i/

Boy /bi/ Point /pint/

Toy /ti/ Coy /ki/

Noise /niz/ Soil /sil/

Voice /vis/ Toil /til/

Boil /bil/ Foil /fil/

 Description of Diphthong /u/

The glide begins at a central position

between half-close and half-open

Moves in the direction of /u/

The lips are neutral for the first element

changes to rounded for the second

element.
 Phonetic Transcription of /u/

So /su/ Soap /sup/

Old /uld/ Toe /tu/

Home /hum/ Soul /sul/

Oak /uk/ Snow /snu/

Road /rud/ Blow /blu/

 Description of Diphthong /au/

The glide begins at a point between

the back and front open positions

It moves in the direction of R.P /u/

The lips change form a neutrally

open to a weakly rounded position.

 Phonetic Transcription of /au/

House /haus/ Town /taun/

Sound /saund/ Shout / ƒaut/

Cow /kau/ Mouse /maus/

Allow /lau/ Mouth /mauø/

Loud /laud/ Owl /aul/

 Description of Diphthong /i/

The glide begins with a tongue position

of /i/
Moves in the direction of //

The lips are neutral throughout with a

slight movement from spread to open.

 Phonetic Transcription of /i/

Deer /di(r)/ Idea /aidi/

Ear /i(r)/ Fear /fi(r )/

Weird /wi(r)d/ Dear /di(r)/

Jeer /dzi(r )/ Seer /si(r)/

Fierce /fi(r)s/ Clear /kli(r)/

 Description of Diphthong /e/

The glide begins in the half-open front

position

Moves in the direction of //

The lips are neutrally open throughout.

 Phonetic Transcription of /e/

Care /ke(r)/ Wear /we(r)/

Pear /pe(r)/ Mare /me(r)/

Air /e(r)/ Fair /fe(r)/

Rare /re(r)/ Bear /be(r)/

Pair /pe(r)/ dare /de(r)/

 Description of Diphthong /u/

The glide moves from a tongue position

of /u/
Towards the open position of //

The lips are weakly rounded at the

beginning of the glide

Towards neutrally spread.
 Phonetic Transcription of /u/

Poor /pu(r)/ Secure /sikju(r)/

Pure /pju(r)/ Cure /kju(r)/

Tour /tu(r)/ Endure /indju(r)/

Sure /ƒu/ During /djurin/