Diphthongs

[ia]

เมีย

mia

wife

[ʉ̂a]

เชื่อ

chʉ̂a

to believe, to trust

[ua]

ตัวเอง

tua

body, self, classifier for animals and objects

[w]

ข้าว

khâao

rice

[y]

ไป

pai

to go

A diphthong is a glide between two vowels within the same syllable.

Both vowels in a diphthong have the same length. The sound [ua], for example, should not be pronounced as [wa].

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