Words and Sounds: Diphthongs
My brother is a tall boy with short fair hair and brown eyes.
boy → /ɔɪ/
brown → /aʊ/
eyes → /aɪ/
A diphthong is a combination of two (2) vowel sounds in one syllable to form one speech sound. There are eight (8) diphthongs in english:
ai → try, my, l, high
ɪə → here, hear, beer
ei → may, day they
ʊə → pour, tour, moor
ɔɪ → boy, toy, troy
aʊ → how,now cow
eə → where, there, stair
əʊ → no, know, load