Assertion: diphthong's vowel | /r/HasProperty | i
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Source sentences:
text: A strong vowel "a" is followed by a weak vowel "i", so the two letters blend together into the sound "ai".]
text: The endpoint is either the vowel [ I ] as in bit, or [i] as in beet, which is slightly higher, but the two are phonetically close together.
text: In the words above, the less prominent member of the diphthong can be represented with the symbols for the palatal approximant [j] and the labiovelar approximant [w], with the symbols for the close vowels [i] and [u], or the symbols for the near-close vowels [ɪ] and [ʊ]:
text: In the words above, the less prominent member of the diphthong can be represented with the symbols for the palatal approximant [j] and the labiovelar approximant [w], with the symbols for the close vowels [i] and [u], or the symbols for the near-close vowels [ɪ] and [ʊ]: