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Combination of two adjacent vowel sounds
A diphthong ( DIF-thong, DIP-; from δίφθογγος 'two sounds', from δίς 'twice', and φθόγγος 'sound'), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue (and/or other parts of the speech apparatus) moves during the pronunciation of the vowel. In most varieties of En... Wikipedia