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diphthong

combination of two adjacent vowel sounds
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diphthong

Summary

diphthong is a phenomenon[1]. diphthong ranks in the top 5% of phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,285 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • diphthong's instance of is recorded as phenomenon[3].
  • diphthong followed monophthong[4].
  • diphthong was followed by triphthong[5].
  • diphthong is a type of phone[6].
  • diphthong is a type of adjacent[7].
  • diphthong's Commons category is recorded as Diphthongs[8].
  • diphthong is the opposite of hiatus[9].
  • diphthong's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • diphthong's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[11].
  • diphthong's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/diphthongs[12].
  • diphthong's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133090760[13].

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Definition and Type

diphthong's instance of is recorded as phenomenon[3]. Recorded subclass of include phone[6] and adjacent[7]. diphthong is the opposite of hiatus[9].

Why It Matters

diphthong ranks in the top 5% of phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,285 views/month).[2] diphthong has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] diphthong is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → monophthong
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Opposite of → hiatus
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12153, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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