Assertion: vowel | /r/HasProperty | diphthong
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Source sentences:
text: The vowel in the American pronunciation of no is a diphthong that moves from o to u (if you say it in slow motion, your lips move from a pure o position to a pure u position).
text: Many vowels in the English language are actually two (diphthongs) or three (triphthongs)
text: Two other vowels, the 'oi sound' and 'ow sound,' are two-sound vowels, also known as diphthongs (a diphthong is a vowel sound that also includes a /w/ or a /y/).
text: In other languages (including English, though it's rare) the two dots are called a diaeresis, and simply mean that a vowel than might be silent or part of a diphthong is in fact pronounced.
text: A vowel sound that glides from one quality to another is called a diphthong, and a vowel sound that glides successively through three qualities is a triphthong.
text: There is no epenthesis, however, if the vowel preceding the cluster is long or a diphthong: fáirbre
text: Vowels that are articulated with a stable quality are called monophthongs; a combination of two separate vowels in the same syllable is a diphthong.
text: Vowels can be monophthongs, diphthongs or triphthongs.