# vowel breaking

> change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong

**Wikidata**: [Q2665529](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2665529)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_breaking)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/vowel-breaking


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013