[DOC] [TLE] Diphthong - Wikipedia [PAR] A diphthong also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent 
vowel sounds ... 6.2 Romance languages .... In some languages, such as Old 
English, these behave like short and long vowels, ...... Khmer language has rich 
vocalics with an extra distinction of long and short register to the vowels and 
diphthongs. [DOC] [TLE] Spanish phonology - Wikipedia [PAR] This article is about the phonology and phonetics of the Spanish language. 
Unless otherwise noted, statements refer to Castilian Spanish, the standard 
dialect used in Spain on radio and television. For historical development of the 
sound system see History of Spanish. ...... While the distinction between these 
two sounds has traditionally been a... [DOC] [TLE] Language differences: English - Spanish - A guide to learning English [PAR] Introduction: Spanish is a Romance language and part of the Indo-European ... 
These differences are very serious obstacles to Spanish learners being able to ... 
This contrasts with English, which has 12 pure vowel sounds and 8 diphthongs. 
... usually conveyed in English by the combination of stress, pitch and rhythm in a
... [DOC] [TLE] RefactorEnglish [PAR] The English grammar is a good basis for a language: it's simple and consistent. 
.... It doesn't have the same kind of feel to it that the Romance languages do, but it 
would ... Ok, this is a difficulty coming mainly from French's lack of the sounds. ... 
the vowels have too many grades, generally marked by letter combinations like in
... [DOC] [TLE] Vowels of Romanian - Cornell University [PAR] relationship between these vowels' marginal contrastiveness and their .... have 
Becky to thank for the nickname Hank, which quite intentionally sounds like ...... 
phonological alternations that are unique among Romance languages, ...... 
combination of forces within early Romanian phonology, together with loanwords
. [DOC] [TLE] Japanese Pronunciation [PAR] Each vowel is transliterated to each of the five vowel letters of the Roman 
alphabet. ... The letter "u" in Japanese almost always represents a sound not 
unlike the "oo" ... The Japanese language doesn't have any diphthongs. .... In 
particular, these eight sounds are almost identical or very similar between the two 
languages. [DOC] [TLE] DIPHTHONG : dfinition de DIPHTHONG et synonymes de ... [PAR] (Orthopy) (a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one 
syllable; as ... 4.2 Romance languages ... others, many phoneticians do not 
consider rising combinations to be diphthongs, but rather sequences of 
approximant and vowel. ... In some languages, such as Old English, these 
behave like short and long... [DOC] [TLE] General Overview of the Portuguese language - Orbis Latinus [PAR] Portuguese (Portugus or Lingua Portuguesa) is a Romance language ... The 
phonetic system of the Portuguese language is extremely rich. ... or guttural in 
Brazil, and that sounds corresponding to English [ch] and [dj] do not ... As in 
Spanish the Latin consonants p, t, c between vowels are voiced to b, d, g in 
Portuguese, cf. [DOC] [TLE] Diphthong - TheInfoList.com [PAR] A DIPHTHONG (/df/ DIF-thong or /dp/ DIP-thong ; from Greek : 
, diphthongos , literally "two ... Where two adjacent vowel sounds occur 
in different syllablesfor example, in the English word re-elect the ... 6.2 
Romance languages ..... Combinations of semivowel /j/ and a vowel are the 
following:. [DOC] [TLE] 7 PHONETICS [PAR] An introduction to natural language processing, ... sonantal (like Semitic writing 
systems), can generally be traced back to these ... and acoustic phonetics, the 
study of the acoustic analysis of speech sounds. .... Many of the IPA and ARPAbet 
symbols are equivalent to the Roman letters ..... is particularly rich in diphthongs. [DOC] [TLE] Enuf or Enough? Why Is English Spelling So Random? | Dictionary ... [PAR] May 27, 2014 ... Even within any one of these languages, it's impossible to ... with more 
phonetically accurate letter combinations will enhance literacy. ..... I feel for my 
many European friends as they valiantly master our complex & rich vocabulary. 
..... the

Question: Romance languages are rich in diphthongs, combinations of these sounds, as in "sounds"
Answer: Vowel sounds