diphthongize

Verb

Meaning

To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.

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This vowel diphthongized in Germanic Source: Internet

Limburgish is typically a two-tone system, distinguishing between level high and falling, but the tones can be realized in other ways depending on syntax, and some vowels diphthongize or monophthongize under certain tones. Source: Internet

However, there are recognized situations in which other vowel pairs diphthongize. Source: Internet

There is also a tendency to diphthongize simple vowels, e.g., ū becomes eo or eu. Source: Internet

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