Also, depending on languages, the lengths of their diphthongs may vary considerably between the extremes of as short as a typical short monophthong to longer than the sum of two long monophthongs.
32.
Division-IV syllables are commonly thought to reflect a diphthong containing a vocalic glide / i / in LMC, corresponding to an EMC mid-front monophthong, variously reconstructed as or.
33.
Like young children most of Genie's first words were monosyllabic consonant-vowel-( consonant ) sequences, usually consisting of an unaspirated Bilabial stop or dental stop and a monophthong.
34.
In Australian and New Zealand English the centring diphthong has practically disappeared, replaced in some words by ( a sequence of two separate monophthongs ) and in some by ( a long monophthong ).
35.
For example, the citation form of the word " our " is, but in speech it is often pronounced as ( two syllables or a diphthong ), or as a monophthong.
36.
In Northern Manx, older " ( e ) a " before " nn " in the same syllable is diphthongised, while in Southern Manx it is lengthened but remains a monophthong.
37.
Thus, it is necessary that there was some contrast between the vowels, whether between opening diphthong and monophthong ( in earlier Middle Dutch ) or between monophthong and slight closing diphthong ( in later Middle Dutch ).
38.
Thus, it is necessary that there was some contrast between the vowels, whether between opening diphthong and monophthong ( in earlier Middle Dutch ) or between monophthong and slight closing diphthong ( in later Middle Dutch ).
39.
An open ( rather than close or semi-close ) monophthong ( as a phoneme ); i . e . something identical-or similar-to the first monophthong in the English word " father ".
40.
An open ( rather than close or semi-close ) monophthong ( as a phoneme ); i . e . something identical-or similar-to the first monophthong in the English word " father ".
