Name: M.

Zia Al Haromain
Student ID : 1225030109
Class : 1C

ENGLISH LITERATURE DEPARTMENT FACULTY

OF ADAB HUMANITIES
ISLAMIC STATE UNIVERSITY OF
SUNAN GUNUNG DJATI BANDUNG
2022
Submitted to fulfill the sixth assignment of Introduction to
Linguistics course
Mr.Hanan

Monophthong, diphthong, triphthong

 Monophthong
Monophthong is a vowel that has a single perceived auditory quality.
 1. [ɪ]
 Bit/ bɪt
 Mid/ mɪd
2. [ʊ]
 Foot/ fʊt
 Wood/ wʊd
3. [u:]
 Loop/ luːp
 Mood/ muːd
4. [e]
 Rent/ rɛnt
 Lend/ lɛnd
5. [ɜ:]
 Shirt/ ʃɜːt
 Pearl/ pɜːl
6. [ə]
 Along/ əˈlɒŋ
 Alone/ əˈləʊn
7. [ɔ:]
 Lord/ lɔːd
 North/ nɔːθ
8. [ɑ:]
 Card/ kɑːd
 Dark/ dɑːk
9. [ɒ]
 Dog/ dɒg
 Log/ lɒg
10.[ʌ]
 Cut/ kʌt
 Shut/ ʃʌt
11. [ɪ:]
 Deep/ diːp
 Weep/ wiːp

 Diphthong
A diphthong is a vowel that contains two different vowel sounds in one
syllable.
 1. /eɪ/
 Rate/ reɪt
 Fate/ feɪt
2. /ɪə/
 Clear/klɪə
 Fear/ fɪə
3. /eə/
 Dear/ deə
 Wear/ weə
4. /ʊə/
 Lure/ ljʊə
 Pure/ pjʊə
5. /ɔɪ/
 Point/ pɔɪnt
 Void/ vɔɪd
6. /aɪ/
 Lime/ laɪm
 Slime/ slaɪm
7. /aʊ/
 How/ haʊ
 Now/ naʊ
8. /əʊ/
 Low/ ləʊ
 Slow/ sləʊ

 Triphthong
Triphthong is a union of three vowels (letters or sounds) pronounced in
one syllable.

1. /eɪə/
 Slayer/ ˈsleɪə
 Sprayer/ ˈspreɪə
 Layer/ ˈleɪə
2. /aɪə/
 Liar/ laɪə
 Tire/ ˈtaɪə
 Buyer/ ˈbaɪə
3. /ɔɪə/
  Enjoyer/ɪnˈʤɔɪə
 Employer/ ɪmˈplɔɪə
 Toyer/ ˈtɔɪə
4. /əuə/
 Slower/ ˈsləʊə
 Mower/ ˈməʊə
 Thrower/ ˈθrəʊə
5. /auə/
 Flower/ ˈflaʊə
 Tower/ ˈtaʊə
 Vowel/ ˈvaʊəl