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In phonetics, a triphthong (Greek τρίφθογγος, "triphthongos", literally "with three sounds," or "with three tones") is a monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one. While "pure" vowels, or monophthongs, are said to have one target tongue position, triphthongs have a moving tongue.

Examples

Monosyllabic triphthongs stressed on the first element in Bernese German (a Swiss German dialect) and in Latvian:

[iə̯w] as in Gieu 'boy'
[yə̯w] as in Gfüeu 'feeling'
[uə̯w] as in Schueu 'school'
[yə̯j] as in Müej 'trouble'

In Latvian:

[iea] as in tie ['tiea] 'they'

[uoa] as in ko ['kuoa] 'what' Monosyllabic triphthongs stressed on the second element in Spanish:

[wej] as in buey 'ox'

[waj] as in Uruguay and in Standard Mandarin Chinese:

[uai] as in 快 kuài 'fast'

[uei] as in 回 huéi (pinyin spelling: huì) 'return'

[iɑʊ] as in 票 piào 'ticket'

[iɤʊ] as in 六 liòu (pinyin spelling: liù) 'six' or in Romanian:

[jaw] as in iau 'I take'

[e̯aw] as in rîdeau 'they were laughing' and in Vietnamese:

[ɨəɪ] as in tươi 'fresh'

[ɨəʊ] as in rượu 'alcohol'

[iəʊ] as in tiêu 'pepper'

[uəɪ] as in "nuôi 'to nourish'

[uiʊ] as in khụyu 'to fall on one's knees'

[uɛʊ] as in quẹo 'to turn/twist' Monosyllabic triphthongs stressed on the third element in Romanian (semivocalic phonemes marked with reversed circumflex accents):

[e̯o̯a] as in pleoape 'eyelids'

[jo̯a] as in creioane 'pencils' The following British Received Pronunciation vowel sequences are sometimes analyzed as triphthongs stressed on the first element (they are also analyzed as disyllabic sequences of a diphthong and a monophthong):

[aʊ̯ə] as in hour

[aɪ̯ə] as in fire

[eɪ̯ə] as in player

[ɔɪ̯ə] as in loyal, royal

[əʊ̯ə] as in lowerFurther Information
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