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thumb|American English pronunciation of "no highway cowboys" , showing five diphthongs:
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A diphthong is a single vowel sound in speech that actually contains two different vowel sounds blended together, like the "ow" sound in "no" or the "oy" sound in "boy." Diphthongs matter because they're a key feature of how languages like English are actually pronounced, and understanding them helps explain why words sound the way they do.
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- Instance of
- phenomenon
- Followed by
- triphthong
- Follows
- monophthong
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- opposite of
- hiatus
- Commons category
- Diphthongs
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