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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

/aʊ/ dipthong

Which two vowel sounds make up the dipthong /a?/ sound please?
  

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The two you have written in your question.

— Fivejedjon

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The two you have written in your question.
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fivejedjonThe two you have written in your question.
Is it /?/ , /?:/ or /?:/ for the first vowel and /w/ or /?/ for the second vowel? Because i see so many variations that i am confused.
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AnonymousWhich two vowel sounds make up the diphthong /a?/ sound please?
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CalifJimYour questions show some misunderstanding about phonetics. Can you explain in any greater detail what is troubling you about the notation /a?/?
The /a?/ sound is usually described as a two-sound vowel that ends in a brief w sound.
But according to phonetic alphabet that i use below /?/ is different from /w/ and also there is no symbol for /a/ unles
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AnonymousThe /a?/ sound is usually described as a two-sound vowel that ends in a brief w sound.
I have not seen it described in this way. It doesn't when it ends an utterance it is follow by a consonant. If it is followed by a vowel, there may be a /w/ in the glide from the diphthong to the following vowel.
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Anonymousthere is no symbol for /a/
On the contrary, it occurs in the two diphthongs /a?/ and /a?/.

Each symbol in the IPA represents a different sound. Diphthongs are simply two vowel sounds that occur together in sequence. So /a? / is an /a/ sound followed by an /?/ sound.

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CalifJimSo /a? / is an /a/ sound followed by an /?/ sound.
So what is the difference between the sounds /a/ and /?:/ please.
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Anonymous CalifJimSo /a? / is an /a/ sound followed by an /?/ sound.So what is the difference between the sounds /a/ and /?:/ please.
/?:/ is just a lengthened /?/, so the real question is the difference between /a/ and /?/.

As a speaker of American English, I can't say. I use the same vowel /a/ for "father" and "now" and "hot". I think only the Bri
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fivejedjonIf it is followed by a vowel, there may be a /w/ in the glide from the diphthong to the following vowel.
Do you mean that you will pronunce words like 'power' and 'flower' with the /w/ sound rather than the /?/ sound.
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AnonymousDo you mean that you will pronunce words like 'power' and 'flower' with the /w/ sound rather than the /?/ sound.
No. There will be a /w/ glide from the /?/. of /a?/. to the schwa.
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