A monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ,ˈmɒnəp-/MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-; from Ancient Greekμονόφθογγος (monóphthongos) 'one sound',[1] from μόνος (mónos) 'single', and φθόγγος (phthóngos) 'sound') is a pure vowel sound, one whose articulation at both beginning and end is relatively fixed, and which does not glide up or down towards a new position of articulation. The monophthongs can be contrasted with diphthongs, where the vowel quality changes within the same syllable, and hiatus, where two vowels are next to each other in different syllables. A vowel sound whose quality does not change over the duration of the vowel is called a pure vowel.
The conversions of monophthongs to diphthongs (diphthongization), and of diphthongs to monophthongs (monophthongization), are major elements of language change and are likely the cause of further changes.
In some languages, due to monophthongization, graphemes that originally represented diphthongs now represent monophthongs.
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January 13, 2023
monophthong, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2008, l. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Monophthong news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message A monophthong ˈ m ɒ n e f 8 ɒ ŋ ˈ m ɒ n e p MON ef thong MON ep from Ancient Greek monof8oggos monophthongos one sound 1 from monos monos single and f8oggos phthongos sound is a pure vowel sound one whose articulation at both beginning and end is relatively fixed and which does not glide up or down towards a new position of articulation The monophthongs can be contrasted with diphthongs where the vowel quality changes within the same syllable and hiatus where two vowels are next to each other in different syllables A vowel sound whose quality does not change over the duration of the vowel is called a pure vowel Sound changes EditMain articles Monophthongization and Vowel breaking The conversions of monophthongs to diphthongs diphthongization and of diphthongs to monophthongs monophthongization are major elements of language change and are likely the cause of further changes In some languages due to monophthongization graphemes that originally represented diphthongs now represent monophthongs See also EditDiphthong also known as a vowel cluster Vowel hiatus Index of phonetics articles Table of vowels Semivowel Triphthong Vowel Vowel breakingReferences Edit monof8oggos Liddell Henry George Scott Robert A Greek English Lexicon at the Perseus Project Look up monophthong in Wiktionary the free dictionary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Monophthong amp oldid 1114190940, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
