How to pronounce the 8 English language diphthongs
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The 8 English language diphthongs are:
- /aɪ/ (as in my, buy, ice)
- /eɪ/ (as in say, play, eight)
- /ɔɪ/ (as in boy, coin, oil)
- /aʊ/ (as in now, how, house)
- /oʊ/ (as in go, no, boat) - This is common in American English. In British English, it's often /əʊ/.
- /ɪə/ (as in near, hear, beer)
- /eə/ (as in hair, where, chair)
- /ʊə/ (as in pure, tour, cure) - This diphthong is less common and often pronounced as a monophthong or a sequence of two vowels in modern English.
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