Diphthong

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• Video explanation
• Vowel combinations that produce diphthong
• Examples of words with diphthong
• Examples of sentences with diphthong

Thediphthong It is formed when two different and contiguous vowels are joined in the same syllable. For example: cave, kingdom, triumph.

It can be made up of the following vocal groups:

• Open vowel (a, e, o) + closed vowel (i, u). For example:save
• Closed vowel (i, u) + closed vowel (i, u). For example: cuidar

Another condition for there to be diphthong is that neither of the two vowels can have an accent or accent.

The diphthong is distinguished from hiatus, which is the one that occurs when there are two open vowels that are united in the same syllable. In addition, it is also contrasted with the triphthong which occurs when three vowels are combined in the same syllable. In this case, the open vowel is located in the middle of two vowels that are closed.

Video explanation

We made a video to explain it to you easily:

See also:

• Examples of Hiatus
• Examples of Triphthongs

Vowel combinations that produce diphthong

In total, there are 14 combinations of vowels that can be given in the words with diphthong, and are as follows:

• UO. For example: quota, ambiguous
• UI.For example: caring noise
• EU. For example: well body
• UA. For example:keep umbrella
• UI. For example: cities, triumph
• IO. For example:violence, violin.
• IE. For example: tremble, sow
• AI. For example: drop pod
• OU. For example: gourmet, Lourdes
• OI. For example: hey heroic
• EU. For example: Eustace, meeting
• EI. For example: reign oil
• AU. For example: highway, flow
• AI. For example: dance air

Examples of words with diphthong

• More in:Examples of Diphthong, Tripthong and Hiatus

Examples of sentences with diphthong

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17. Gualet's do the auall in the garage. They told me that in this ciudad you have to have cuigiven because there are many robberies.
18. No pEUdo stop scratching my head, creo What do I have?iojos.
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