Vowel breaking

In historical linguistics, vowel breaking, vowel fracture,[1] or diphthongization is the sound change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong.

  1. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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