SYLLABLE-TIMED

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TRIPH-THONGS
Three vowel sounds come together in the same syllable.
They are ‘three vowels combination’. Three vowels join to form one
syllable.
A triph-thong is a movement or glide between three vowel sounds in one
syllable. We must pronounce every sound rapidly within a single syllable.
Triphthongs are the most complex English sounds. It is difficult to
pronounce the three vowels in one syllable.
British English
/eɪə/
/ɔɪə/
/aɪə/
/əʊə/
/aʊə/
American English
/eɪɚ/
/ɔɪɚ/
/aɪɚ/
/oʊɚ/
/aʊɚ/
eɪə ɔɪə aɪə əʊə aʊə
eɪ+ə ɔɪ+ə aɪ+ə əʊ+ə aʊ+ə
*/ɚ/ = /ər/