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English Diphthongs

A diphthong is a combination of two vowel sounds within one syllable . It starts at one vowel and glides in the direction of another with no break at all in between. The main prominence is always on the first element of the diphthong , the second element being lightly sounded.

  The first element in a diphthong may be one of the following vowels; /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, or /u/, and the second element one of the following vowels ; /i/,  /u/,  or /?/.

  Description of English Diphthongs

1.    /ei/

 It is a closing diphthong that begins at a point below the half-close front position and then moves towards /i/.

/ei/ is spelt;

a      late     /leit/

ai     aim     /eim/

ay    day     /dei/

ey    obey   /oubei/

ea    break  /break/

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