The Diphthongs Are given when two vowels are combined and pronounced within the same phonetic group, ie, syllable.
It may be the case that two vowels are together when written but do not belong to the same syllable. In this case, it would be a hiatus.
Diphthongs can be of two types: increasing and decreasing. This classification depends on the vowels that make up the diphthong.
The growing diphthong is formed when the first vowel is weak ("i"or"u") and the second is strong ("a","and"u"or"). As an example: amnes Ia Direction Io N, murc Ie Lake ag Water H EU Rfano, antig Uo .
For its part, the decreasing diphthong is created when the first vowel is strong and the second vowel is weak. For example: I Clothes Hey No cr And Rn Au Trico tr ai Romb Oide .
It should be noted that the diphthong is a phonetic phenomenon and not a graphic one. In this sense, words that are written with two vowels but are pronounced as one do not constitute diphthongs. For example:"that"and"aguinaldo"are not diphthongs.
Example of growing diphthongs
- Parliamentary
- Response
- Transmission
- Millennium
- Segregation
- Salvation
- Mission
- Sarcoidosis
- Rhomboid
- Wake
- Wedding
- Matricide
- Parricide
- Genocide
- Feminicide
- Magnicide
- Infanticide
- Previous
- Dromedary
- He saw
- Repeated
- Witnessed
- Shook
- Roared
- Ran
- ate
- Toured
- Occurred
- He kept
- Broke into
- Warned
- Turned
- Shared
- Fought
- River
- Acquired
- Did it hurt
- Served
- Added
- Held out
- Promised
- Went up
- He left
- Caught
- Moved
- He felt
- Auspice
- Cooled
- Waste
- It arrived
- Silence
- Exchange
- Smiled
- Went back
- Reflected
- Answered
- Spy
- Expio
- Confused
- He felt
- Ran
- Showed up
- Went back
- There was
- Lived
- United
- Chased
- It seemed
- Born
- Perished
- Died
- He followed
- Got
- Sank
- Learned
- Caught
- Wrote
- Understood
- Opened
- Measured
- Discovered
- Nightfall
- Dawn
- Sliced
- Brandished
- Ad
- Warned
- Disappearance
- Routine
- Roration
- Olio
- Attended
- Medium
- Bastion
- Fascination
- Ad
- Yard
- Congested
- Pressure
- Fire
- Satisfactory
- Beginning
- Guild
- Geezer
- Change
- Ape
- Various
- Large
- Option
- Ambitious
- Contempt
- Contrary
- Precious
- Waste
- Mercenary
- Wise
- Dirty
- Gods
- Moron
- Nervous
- Silence
- Inside
- Rancid
- Reflect
- Great
- Amateur
- Siege
- Necessary
- Service
- Condition
- TV
- Lips
- Shipwrecks
- Broken
- Higher
- He frowned
- Room
- Exterior
- Commentary
- Curses
- Recio
- Price
- Third
- Bloodthirsty
- Remedy
- obvious
- Measurement
- Space
- Interrogation
- Midday
- Bedroom
- Cleansed
- Smelly
- Omen
- Glass
- Velvet
- Marriage
- Potions
- Segovia
- Lust
- Reference
- Industry
- Frequency
- Sour
- Skier
- Artificial
- William
- Complaint
- Tragedy
- Primary
- High school
- Commercial
- Devil
- Virginia
- High school
- Peculiar
- Intelligence
- Caress
- Righ now
- Trusted
- History
- guard
- Magic
- Cyanide
- Challenged
- Too
- Synesthesia
- Cenesthesia
- Anesthesia
- Rachialgia
- Spinal anesthesia
- Comedian
- Changing
- Contrary
- Custody
- Cunning
- News
- Hates
- Manorial
- Old man
- Venetian
- Therapy
- Psychotherapy
- Psicotecnia
- Marketing
- Sicilian
- Provincial
- Thank you
- Prayer
- Victory
- Ceremony
- Rage
- Power
- Toward
- Dirty
- Asia
- Coincidence
- Stay
- Sweden
- Wide
- Trust
- Distance
- Conference
- Misfortune
- Maid
- Creature
- Adrian
- California
- Ally
- Rain
- Apiaden
- Insistence
- Special
- Envy
- Travel
- Crippled
- Memory
- Study
- Studied
- They sponsored
- Spied
- Expiated
- They cooled
- They left
- They sent
- They wasted
- They started
- They silenced
- Guided
- They witnessed
- Stroked
- All alon
- Exchanged
- They negotiated
- They pronounced
- They cleaned
- student
- Daily
- Refugee
- Sap
- Fury
- Half
- Beast
- Dressed
- Clean
- Avant-garde
- Own
- Importance
- Pointed
- Peripeteia
- Reverence
- To exchange
- To pronounce
- Silence
- Lacia
- Open mouth
- Rancidity
- They left
- They felt
- They shook
- They felt
- Nightfall
- They dawned
- They wrapped
- They arrested
- They retreated
- They gave up
- They erred
- Beat
- Belonged
- They drove
- They died
- Ascended
- They gathered
- Invaded
- Extended
- They perished
- They chose
- Stirred
- They reddened
- Descended
- Left
- They lost
- Teeth
- Repeater
- Has
- Had
- Weather
- All right
- While
- Adding
- Sensing
- Feeling
- Repeating
- Shaking
- Roaring
- Running
- Smiling
- Sun rising
- Appearing
- Seeing
- Wearing
- Looking
- Sharing
- Maintaining
- Granting
- Giving
- Thirsty
- Deciding
- Acquiring
- Hurting
- putting up
- Tending
- Serving
- Promising
- Occurring
- Standing
- Slicing
- Opening
- Warning
- Understanding
- Uniting
- Offering
- Perishing
- Sinking
- Writing
- Wanting
- Discovering
- Covering
- Understanding
- Giving back
- Learning
- Getting back
- Existing
- Living
- Looking
- Following
- Getting
- They appeared
- Repeated
- Roared
- They added
- They came back
- They existed
- They lived
- United
- Offered
- Chased
- They attended
- They were born
- They seemed
- They followed
- They got
- They returned
- They learned
- They sank
- They took
- Covered
- They wrote
- They gave
- Understands
- Wants
- True
- Open
- Even
- Fear
- Who
- Discovered
- Iron
- Any
- Wind
- Desert
- Someone
- Old
- Bloody
- Skin
- Stone
- Doing
- No one
- Nightfall
- Ice
- Heaven
- Skyscraper
- Icebreaker
- Ten
- Enough
- Smiling
- Member
- They came
- They smiled
- Legs
- They did
- They ate
- They ran
- They walked
- They saw
- They dressed
- They lucid
- They happened
- They stood
- They played
- They were
- Broke out
- Interrupted
- They opened
- They warned
- They had
- They turned
- Understood
- Shared
- They fought
- Kept
- Understood
- They granted
- Laughed
- They decided
- They wanted
- They bought
- Hurt
- They put
- Served
- Could
- They tended
- Snake
- They promised
- Discovered
- Servant
- Restless
- I lie
- Sarmiento
- Knowledge
- Always
- They existed
- Audience
- Patience
- Honey
- Hot
- Left
- Ferocity
- Viera
- Seat
- I would choose
- Breath
- Grass
- Asking
- Lying
- Stained glass windows
- Welcome
- Would send
- Fog
- Seven
- Series
- Thinks
- They disappeared
- They lied
- West
- Darkness
- Store
- Foot
- How much
- Which
- When
- Picture
- Anyone
- Language
- Water
- Guardian
- Quarter
- Quartz
- Four
- Wait
- Located
- Leagues
- Soft
- Same
- Quarantine
- Forty
- Find out
- Endure
- Unequal
- Handsome
- Gloves
- Suitable
- Habitual
- Ancient
- Chance
- Bulwarks
- Endurance
- Garrison
- Watery
- Damped
- Perpetual
- Block
- Continue
- Rear
- Evaluate
- Situation
- Four hundred
- Acted
- Visualize
- Mare
- Gauntlet
- Casual
- Language
- Equipment
- Unusual
- Guateado
- Guatemala
- Guaso
- Guano
- Bound
- Gradual
- Graduate
- Continuation
- Ebb
- Forks
- Strike
- Fat
- Piñuelo
- Little boy
- Owl
- Chick
- Leather
- Usually
- Dream
- Floor
- Home
- Salary
- Dead
- Silly faces
- Serum
- Silhouette
- Then
- It was
- Outside
- Fire
- Noise
- Wheel
- Crow
- Body
- Thick
- Remember
- Dream
- Force
- Leather
- One-eyed
- Door
- Bridge
- Returns
- Good
- Game
- Can
- Try
- New
- Neck
- Wheeze
- Exposed
- Effort
- I beg
- Your
- Turned
- Our
- Game
- Town
- Returns
- Accounts
- Put
- Spree
- It sounds
- Old
- Monster
- Monstrous
- Tortuous
- Aqueous
- Mutual
- I find out
- Sinuous
- Majestic
- Defective
- Respectful
- Meager
- Fatuous
- Twelfth
- Unctuous
- Sumptuous
- Innocuous
- Share
- Fluorescent
- Fastidious
Examples of decreasing diphthongs
- Exhausted
- Quick
- August
- Paula
- Audio
- Captivated
- Pause
- Austere
- Augmented
- Although
- audience
- Author
- Laura
- Howling
- Cautious
- Cause
- Hearing
- Freeway
- Bus
- Car
- Self sufficient
- Motorists
- restaurant
- Autograph
- dawn
- Abundant
- Bold
- Authentic
- Precautions
- Absent
- Absence
- Baptized
- Opening
- Automatic
- Self esteem
- Auguran
- Closing
- Cloister
- Aura
- Car
- Authority
- Authorized
- Aucuba
- Audacity
- Hearing aid
- Audio frequency
- Audiogram
- Audiology
- Audiometry
- Auidimudez
- Audit
- Augite
- Augur
- Augur
- Augury
- Classroom
- Aulos
- Increase
- Aurelia
- Aureliano
- Aurelio
- Aura
- Golden
- Aureomycin
- Atrium
- Absenteeism
- Ausetania
- Auson
- Sponsor
- Southern
- Australia
- Austria
- Australian
- Austrian
- Austro-Hungarian
- Clerk
- Self-accusation
- Self-agglutination
- Self-analysis
- Autobiography
- Self-harm
- Autoantibody
- Self-control
- Self-consumption
- Indigenous
- Self-determination
- Autodidact
- Autogamy
- Self-fertilization
- Autolysis
- Autosoma
- Car radio
- Self-catering
- Photosynthesis
- Autosuggestion
- Autosoma
- Autotomy
- Autotransformer
- Autotroph
- Autotransfusion
- Autovaccine
- Dual carriageway
- Autotigonia
- Auscultate
- Assistant
- Applaud
- Handset
- Inaudible
- Sink
- Nauseabunda
- Jaws
- They danced
- Playing cards
- Taiwan
- Haiku
- Hawaii
- Ease
- Mosaics
- Paratrooper
- Unsheathe
- Air
- Traitors
- Bring
- Caigo
- Landscape
- Basin
- Rooted
- Sway
- Devious
- Leggings
- There are
- Ingrained
- Spanking
- Android
- I hear
- Today
- I go
- I am
- I am
- Morrocoy
- You are
- Sternocleidomastoid
- Romboidal
- Coincidents
- Heroic
- Eunuch
- Eubacteriales
- Eubolia
- Eucalyptus
- Eukaryote
- Eucharist
- Euclidean
- Euclid
- Euclasia
- Eucroite
- Eudoxia
- Eudoxo
- Euphemism
- Euphony
- Euphorbia
- Euphoria
- Euphotida
- Euphrasia
- Euphrates
- Euphronium
- Euphuism
- Eugenia
- Eugenics
- Eugenol
- Euglena
- Eulalia
- Eunuquismo
- Eureka
- Euripides
- Esuritmia
- Eurobond
- Euro
- Eurodivisa
- Eurodollar
- Euromisil
- Euskalduna
- Eurovision
- Euskadi
- Eusebio
- Euskera
- Eustaquio
- Euthanasia
- Eutrophic
- Europe
- Debts
- Meeting
- Euphoric
- Pseudonyms
- Tire
- Rheumatic
- Neurology
- Therapist
- Eire
- And go to
- Eisai
- Six
- Thirty
- Hairstyle
- Twenty
- Oil
- Kingdom
- To shave
- King
- Pleiades
- Delight
- Bacon
- Simultaneity
- Olives
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