Abstract
A dipthong is a pair of vowels that occupy the same syllable. Ancient Greek had a number of diphthongs, including ai and oi.
A dipthong is a pair of vowels that occupy the same syllable. Thus two-syllable diá ‘through’ does not have a diphthong but one-syllable paîs ‘child (nom.)’ does. Classical Attic has an inventory of eleven diphthongs (see generally Allen 1987:79-88; for a diachronic overview see Rix 1992:46-49, 51-52):
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| “Short” Diphthongs |
| “Long” Diphthongs |
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| /yi/ <υι> |
| /εːi/ <ηι> | /εːu/ <ηυ> |
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| /oi/ <οι> | /εu/ <ευ> | /ɔːi/ <ωι> | /ɔːu/… |