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what are all the consonant diphthongs

Tanit · Accepted Answer

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I don't know this either.

I thought diphthongs could consist only of combinations of vowel sounds. I've just checked this in some dictionaries and they seem to confirm my understanding.

From http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/teachersites/oald7/?cc=global:
diphthong: a combination of two vowel sounds or vowel letters, for example the sounds /aI/ in pipe /paIp/ or the letters ou in doubt—compare monophthong, triphthong

From http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=21887&dict=CALD:
diphthong: a vowel sound in which the tongue changes position to produce the sound of two vowels

From http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diphthong
diphthong: a gliding monosyllabic speech sound (as the vowel combination at the end of toy) that starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves to or toward the position of another

From Longman dic:

diphthong: a vowel sound made by pronouncing two vowels quickly one after the other. For example, the vowel sound in 'main' is a diphthong.

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