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	Monophthong: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language that is characterized by an open configuration of the vocal tract, in contrast to consonants,...
		Some sounds that are (arguably) perceived as monophthongs in both these varieties of English are in fact diphthongs, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Similar processes of the creation of new monophthongs from old diphthongs are preserved in the traditional spellings of languages as diverse as French French language quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/monophthong.htm (1113 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Canadian English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ironically, a monophthongized pronunciation of aboat is quite common in parts of the U.S. Upper Midwest, such as Minnesota.
		Anecdotally, the abuhwt vowels are heard in Ontario and farther west, and the aboot vowels are heard in the Eastern provinces.
		There is a tendency to monophthongize the long a and o sounds, resulting in [beːt] for bait and [boːt] for boat (though this occurs usually in rapid speech).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Canadian-English (8391 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Monophthong
		A monophthong (in Greek μονόφθογγος = single note) is a "pure" vowel sound, one whose articulation at both beginning and end is relatively fixed, and which does not glide up or down towards a new position of articulation; compare diphthong.
		Some sounds that are (arguably) perceived as monophthongs in both these varieties of English are in fact diphthongs, such as the vowel sound in pay — IPA
		Such is the case in Sanskrit, in whose grammar the sounds now realised as
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Monophthong (336 words)

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