diphthong

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There’s a special note of aggressive contempt that can be layered into the diphthongs and glottal stops of what linguists call Inland North American English, and Carone used it lavishly.

From New York Times

I begin by pronouncing words with vowels of the long and short variety, then diphthongs, before moving on to consonants, including plosives and fricatives.

From The Guardian

Some aspects of the pronunciation, such as the diphthong in words like "fight", are becoming more marked.

From The Guardian

These lines, for example, seem to evoke a police raid on a Vampire Weekend karaoke contest:  Duke seizes Florence & the diphthong town, Quite a surprise to young fops & leeches.

From New York Times

There are as many syllables in a word as there are separate vowels and diphthongs.

From Project Gutenberg