CHAPTER 3.2: Dipthongs and Tripthongs

Dipthong.-  It is consider as vowel sound that starts near the articulation position, for one vowel and toward the position for another. Furthermore, a dipthong is a combination of two vowel that make a sound  which glide between the two, but in speech this sounds like a one. The next picture shows how the dipthongs are produced.

Tripthongs.-  These kind of sound are consider as the most dificults to recognize because a tripthong is formend by three vowels for example:

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