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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Triphthong
Monosyllabic triphthongs stressed on the first element in Bernese German (a Swiss German dialect) and in Latvian: Bernese German is the dialect of High Alemannic German spoken in the Swiss plateau (Mittelland) part of the canton of Bern and in some neighbouring regions.
In phonology, diphthongs and triphthongs are distinguished from sequences of monophthongs by whether or not the vowel sound may be analyzed into different phonemes or not.
A triphthong, like a diphthong, is a vowel sound that changes height and frontness as it is pronounced; unlike a diphthong, this change is not just in one direction, and therefore can only be accurately specified by naming three positions, not just where it starts and ends.
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 triphthong - Search Results - MSN Encarta
In phonetics, a triphthong (Greek τρίφθογγος, "triphthongos", literally "with three sounds," or "with three tones") is a monosyllabic vowel combination usually...
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Triphthong definition, words related to triphthong, proper usage and pronunciation of the word triphthong from YourDictionary.com.
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 Triphthong - KneeQuickie
A triphthong, like a diphthong, is a vowel sound that changes height and frontness as it is pronounced; unlike a diphthong, this change is not just in one direction, and therefore can only be accurately specified by naming three positions, not just where it starts and ends.
As with diphthongs, triphthongs are usually written in the IPA and X-Sampa simply by placing the symbols for the initial, middle, and final positions next to each other; an alternative is to join them with two tie-bars.
All triphthongs in English are primary; Spanish is an example of a language with secondary triphthongs.
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 Vowel - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
A vowel sound that glides from one quality to another is called a diphthong, and a vowel sound that glides between three qualities is a triphthong.
In phonology, diphthongs and triphthongs are distinguished from sequences of monophthongs by whether or not the vowel sound may be analyzed into different phonemes or not.
For example, the vowel sounds in a two-syllable pronunciation of the word flower (BrE [flaʊə] AmE [flaʊɚ]) phonetically form a dissyllabic triphthong, but are phonologically a sequence of a diphthong (represented by the letters ) and a monophthong (represented by the letters ).
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 TRIPHTHONG   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs.
"TRIPHTHONG" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English.
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 The Grammar of English Grammars eBook
A proper triphthong is a triphthong in which all the vowels are sounded; as, uoy in buoy.
An improper triphthong is a triphthong in which only one or two of the vowels are sounded; as, eau in beauty, iou in anxious.
The improper triphthongs are sixteen; awe, aye,—­eau, eou, ewe, eye,—­ieu, iew, iou,—­oeu, owe,—­uai, uaw, uay, uea, uee.
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 Amazon.com: Triphthong: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Old diphthongs and triphthongs such as au and eau, whose vowels all used to...
A Triphthong is the union of three vowels in one syllable ;...
There is in addition a wide range of diphthongs and triphthongs incorporating the semi-consonants /j/ /w/ and /y/.
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 triphthong - OneLook Dictionary Search
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triphthong : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
triphthong : The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
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 A Student Grammar of Spanish - Cambridge University Press
Spanish diphthongs and triphthongs are indivisible combinations of vowels pronounced as single syllables, laying the stress on the more sonorous syllables, and passing rapidly over the weaker or less sonorous.
Since a diphthong or triphthong is, in pronunciation, treated as a single syllable, it requires a written accent as with a single vowel.
In diphthongs containing a strong vowel, and in triphthongs, the accent mark belongs over the strong vowel; when placed over the weak one, the diphthong or triphthong disappears to become two syllables.
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Old diphthongs and triphthongs such as au and eau,...
The language is full of triphthongs, as in pii (then) and...
Consonants, diphthongs, and triphthongs are especially difficult in English,...
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 The Daltaí Boards: Diphthongs & triphthongs in Irish
Gaeilge in the form of /ge:l’g’@/ (as per the ‘standard’) is not a triphthong as one only finds /e:/ between /g/ and /l’/, where the spelling is ‘aei’.
Robert, thanks for the clarification on "triphthong." I mistakenly thought that diphthongs and triphthongs were simply reductions of two or three vowels into something smaller, including a reduction to single vowel sound.
A triphthong is a set of three vowel sounds.
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In some theories of phonology, these syllable structures are displayed as tree diagrams (similar to the trees found in some types of syntax).
The syllable nucleus is typically a sonorant, usually a vowel sound, in the form of a monophthong, diphthong, or triphthong, but sometimes sonorant consonants like or.
The syllable onset is the sound or sounds occurring before the nucleus, and the syllable coda (literally 'tail') is the sound or sounds that follow the nucleus.
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 Triphthong, Triphthongal, Triphyline, Triphylite, Triphyllous, Tripinnate, Tripinnatifid, Tripitaka, Triplasian, Triple ...
Triphthong, Triphthongal, Triphyline, Triphylite, Triphyllous, Tripinnate, Tripinnatifid, Tripitaka, Triplasian, Triple : Vocabulary : Sanjeev.NET
Triphthong : A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs.
Triphthongal : Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.
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 Celtic languages: nasalisation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Scottish Gaelic in particular has aspirated consonants, such as "mh", a "v" pronounced through the nose, as opposed to "bh", a "v" pronounced through pursed lips.The diphthong "ao" is particularly difficult for learners, a sort of groan through the nose, as in "laogh", a calf, which is just like the noise that a calf makes.
In the genitive it is "laoigh", a triphthong.
To pronounce these correctly, it is necessary to contract the nostrils and force the sound up through the nose.
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 CJO - Abstract
The vowel phonemes of English conventionally subdivide into ‘pure’ vowels and diphthongs, and diphthongs are a well recognised component of the system.
The very word ‘triphthong’ sounds faintly preposterous, as if somebody has dared a coinage with ‘diphthong’; and wants to have some further fun.
Without wishing to prejudge the question of the actual existence of triphthongs, I shall use the word to refer to a sequence of three vocalic elements that may be interpreted as a single unit and, as a phoneme, has a contrastive function.
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 Omniglot - the blog » Word of the day - diphthong
triphthong, noun = a composite vowel sound during the articulation of which the vocal organs move from one position, through another and ending in a third
However, being Japanese a syllabic language, consonants and vowels (particularly the latter) are rarely dealt with individually, and diphthongs too are not really a topic of great interest in Japanese grammar.
In fact Italian grammar, which is regretfully no longer taught in school (and therefore is practically ignored by younger generations), has specific rules concerning diphthongs and their classification …which I obviously refrain from describing, having this post already turned too boring.
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 The written accent in Spanish.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
These are sounds that have two (or three - triphthongs) vowels that all run together to make a sound which counts as one syllable, eg.:
If we have strong and weak vowels together, then they form a diphthong or triphthong and are counted as one syllable.
The strong vowel in the group will take more emphasis than the weak vowel and if there are two weak vowels together, the second will take emphasis.
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 Re: semivowels
Ig works because a syllable has only one major vowel be it a monothong, diphthong (or triphthong?).
In addition to this major vowel there can be semivowels, also known as approximants.
In contrast, when we sound, we have only one serious rule: a syllable has only one vowel of major voice, and that vowel can be a diphthong (or even a triphthong?).
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 Word with no vowel   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The bavarian dialect is nonrhotic dialects such as the mon language, that is a triphthong.
Divide students into a gettogether of all elements of vowels crosslinguistically in that are pronounced.
For example, for each of a diphthong and triphthong dissylabic in the mouth.
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 The Shire of Harpelestane   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Similarly to the previous diphthong, there was during the Middle Ages a triphthong [eau] which came from the evolution of an old brief e from Latin followed by a l in front of another consonant (eg [wezeau] for oiseaux -birds- from the Latin aucellos).
In a similar fashion as before the last element of the triphthong opened as time went by giving [eao].
century the triphthong became [o] as it is pronounced nowadays.
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 Definition of triphthong - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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 triphthong - OneLook Dictionary Search
triphthong : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
Triphthong : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
triphthong : Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
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 Puerta del Sol: The Spanish Pronunciation Guide
It's a stretch, phonetically, because all three eliding vowels are strong vowels, but the triphthong is there, easier to hear the more rapid a given individual's rate of speech.
Iñaki's pause between que and hoy necessarily breaks the triphthong we would expect to hear here.
What's more, one whole syllable seems to have dropped out at each such juncture; indeed it has, phonetically speaking.
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 Diphthongs (Phonics on the Web)
A diphthong is a complex sound made by gliding from one vowel sound to another within the same syllable, as in boy and out.
Technically, a diphthong is such a sound that consists of two vowels, and a triphthong is such a sound that consists of three vowels.
However, many people will refer to both combinations generally using the term 'diphthong.'
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 triphthong - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
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Monosyllabic triphthongs stressed on the first element in Bernese German (a Swiss German dialect):
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 Gardener of Thoughts - Linars
Each syllable ends with a vowel, except for the last syllable from a word which ca end with a consonant.
There are no diphthongs or triphthongs, though a horizontal bar above a vowel indicates that it forms a diphthong or triphthong with the next vowels.
All words are read as they are written, similar to the Latin style.
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