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Monophthong

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A monophthong (Greek monóphthongos from mónos "single" and phthóngos "sound") 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. [1]

11 relations: Ancient Greek, Diphthong, Grapheme, Hiatus (linguistics), Index of phonetics articles, Language change, Semivowel, Table of vowels, Triphthong, Vowel, Vowel breaking.

Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Diphthong

A diphthong (or; from Greek: δίφθογγος, diphthongos, literally "two sounds" or "two tones"), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable.

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Grapheme

In linguistics, a grapheme is the smallest unit of a writing system of any given language.

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Hiatus (linguistics)

In phonology, hiatus or diaeresis refers to two vowel sounds occurring in adjacent syllables, with no intervening consonant.

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Index of phonetics articles

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Language change

Language change is variation over time in a language's phonological, morphological, semantic, syntactic, and other features.

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Semivowel

In phonetics and phonology, a semivowel or glide, also known as a non-syllabic vocoid, is a sound that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary, rather than as the nucleus of a syllable.

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Table of vowels

This table lists the vowel letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

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Triphthong

In phonetics, a triphthong (from Greek τρίφθογγος, "triphthongos", literally "with three sounds," or "with three tones") is a monosyllabic vowel combination involving a quick but smooth movement of the articulator from one vowel quality to another that passes over a third.

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Vowel

A vowel is one of the two principal classes of speech sound, the other being a consonant.

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Vowel breaking

In historical linguistics, vowel breaking, vowel fracture, or diphthongization is the change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong.

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Monophthongal, Monophthongisation, Monophthongos, Monophthongs, Monophtong, Pure vowel.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophthong

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