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A diphthong is a combination of two vowels.There are eight diphthongs :
1-/ai/ It's the combination of the vowels / ʌ/ and / i /.You can find it in : i like fine- ie like die- y like my - ye like bye-........
2- /ei/ It's the combination of the two vowels / e / and / i/ . You can find it in: a like date, ay like play,ey like they, ea like break,ai like train...............
/ɔɪ/ It's a combination of the two vowels /ɒ/
and / i/ .You can find it in : oi like oil , oy like boy
4- /ɑʊ/ It's a combination of the two vowels / ʌ/ and /ʊ/ . You can find it in : ou like house,ow like how
5- /əʊ/ It's a combination of the two vowels / ə / and /ʊ/.You can find it in : o like no,ow like low, ou like though
6- / e ə / You can find it in ere like there , are like care , air like hair , ear like bear
7- / i ə / You can find it in : ear like near , ere like here , eer like peer
8- / ʊ ə / You can find it in : ure like sure , oor like poor