DIPHTHONG AND MONOTHONG , VOWELS AND CONSONANTS, PRONUNCIATION
MONOPHTHONG AND DIPHTHONG VOWELS AND CONSONANTS The English Alphabet consists of 26 letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. Vowels - Only five A,E,I,O,U Sound Vowels create 20 sound In which 12 monophthong And 8 Diphthong Consonants are 21 and create 24 sounds Total 20+24 = 44 sounds. Transcription Vowel sounds (स्वर्) Monophthongs. /i:/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ/ /a:/ /ɒ/ /ᴐ:/ /ʊ/ /u:/ /ʌ/ /ɜ:/ /ə/ Diphthongs. /ɪə/ /ʊə/ /eə/ /eɪ/ /ɔɪ/ /aɪ/ /aʊ/ /əʊ/ Long Vowels( monophthong) 1- /a:/ (आ) a arm Palm /pa:m/, पाम Calm /ka:m/ काम ,Cart /ka:t काट 2- /u:/ (ऊ) (o, oo, ew, ue, u_e, oe, ough, ui, oew, ou/) Eg.who, loon, dew, blue, flute, shoe, through, fruit, 3- /ʊ/ उ (o, oo, u,ou ) wolf, look, bush, would 4- /ɔː/ (ओ( )( aw, a, or, oor, or...