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Diphthong

  1. Same as vowels except...
  2. Rapid formant transition
  3. Don't be confused with coarticulation! This happens in the middle of the phoneme.
  4. Change in vowel quality in a single syllable

DEMO of diphthongs

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Ed Kaiser
Sat Mar 15 00:01:27 PST 1997