monophthong in Japanese
monophthong in Japanese is 単母音.
monophthong in Japanese
単母音
Pronounced: tanboin
A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").
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What is "monophthong" in Japanese?
"monophthong" in Japanese is 単母音.
How do you pronounce 単母音?
"monophthong" in Japanese is 単母音, pronounced "tanboin".
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