Triphthongreduction: triphthongs were often reduced to diphthongs (in most cases) or sometimes to monophthongs.
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The number of words containing atriphthongis comparatively small, yet many of the words are quite common.
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Triphthongreduction : triphthongs were often reduced to diphthongs (in most cases) or sometimes to monophthongs.
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The very word 'triphthong' sounds faintly preposterous, as if somebody has dared a coinage with 'diphthong' and wants to have some further fun.
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The second most frequently reducedtriphthongwas \\uei\\ (10 % of the children) : the most frequent reduction form was \\ei\\ (7 % of the total subjects).
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And atriphthongis any combination of three vowels beginning and ending with unstressed high vowels (as in "camb ii s" or "b uey").
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A vowel sound that glides from one quality to another is called a diphthong, and a vowel sound that glides successively through three qualities is atriphthong.
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