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diphthong

combination of two adjacent vowel sounds
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Summary

diphthong is a phenomenon[1]. diphthong ranks in the top 5% of phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,909 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Follows: monophthong[3]
  • Followed by: triphthong[4]
  • Subclass of: phone[5], adjacent[6]
  • Commons category: Diphthongs[7]
  • Opposite of: hiatus[8]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[10]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/diphthongs[11]
  • Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133090760[12]

Why It Matters

diphthong has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] diphthong is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4EvKWS
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  2. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 12153, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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