A monophthong (pronounced "Mono-F-thong") is simply a vowel.The word monophthong comes from the old Greek language. Mono means one or single, and the -phthong means sound or tone, from the basic word phthalein, which means to speak, create sound with the voice.The word monophthong shows that a vowel is spoken with exactly one tone and one mouth position.

27/07/2021 · A monophthong (UK: / ˈ m ɒ n ə f θ ɒ ŋ,-ə p θ ɒ ŋ /, US: /-θ ɔː ŋ /; Greek μονόφθογγος from μόνος "single" and φθόγγος "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 …

Monophthong. Ein Monophthong (v. griech. monos „allein“ und phthóngos „Laut“) ist ein einfacher Vokal ohne Veränderung der Qualität (z. B. „u“, „a“) im Gegensatz zu Diphthongen (z. B. „au“, „ei“). Monophthonge können in ihrer Quantität (Langvokal oder Kurzvokal) und Qualität (Öffnungsgrad, Lippenrundung ...

vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation. Afrikaans: monoftong Armenian: մենաբարբառ (menabarbaṙ) Belarusian: манафто́нг m (manaftónh) Breton: monoftongenn Bulgarian: монофто́нг m (monoftóng) Chinese: Mandarin: 單元音 , 单元音 (dānyuányīn) Danish: monoftong c, enkeltlyd Dutch: monoftong m or f ...

A monophthong 'one sound',[1] from μόνος 'single', and φθόγγος '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 …

A monophthong (Greek monóphthongos from mónos "single" and 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 opposite is a diphthong, where the vowel quality changes within the same syllable, and hiatus, where two vowels are next to …

Dr Monophthong in Werter wiä Huus, Iis un Füür isch typisch fir s Alemannisch "im engere Sinn" (des heißt, s Alemannisch ohni s Schwebisch). Diä Monophthong sin aber nit iberal glich üsprägt - lueg in dr Tabälle. Do isch Vokallängi nit agää, si isch im Elsass un in dr Ortenau viilmol kurz, im weschtlige Briisgaü seltener, im ibrige ...

Monophthongierung im Deutschen. Für das heutige Deutsch ist vor allem die sogenannte frühneuhochdeutsche Monophthongierung wichtig. Sie veränderte die Diphthonge ie [iə], uo [uə] und üe [yə] zu ie [iː], u [uː] und ü [yː] (Merkworte: liebe guote brüeder zu liebe gute Brüder).. Die neuhochdeutsche Monophthongierung ging ab dem 11. Jahrhundert von der Mitte des …

A diphthong (/ ˈ d ɪ f θ ɒ ŋ, ˈ d ɪ p-/ DIF-thong, DIP-; from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos) 'two sounds', from δίς (dís) 'twice', and φθόγγος (phthóngos) 'sound'), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue (and/or ...