Question

What is the difference between monophthong and diphthong sounds?​

Answer 1

Monophthong sounds

• It occurs when there is one vowel sound in a syllable,

• The vowel is spoken with exactly one tone & one mouth position.

• All ‘e' sounds are monophthongs.

• It is a single vowel.

Diphthong sounds

• It occurs when two vowel sounds are connected each other.

• The mouth moves in two different positions to make the vowel sound.

• It is the combination of two monophthongs.

• It is a double vowel.