Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The reduction of a diphthong to a single sound.
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- noun phonetics The process of becoming
monophthong , for adiphthong ortriphthong .
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The second monophthongization is pretty much unique to Pittsburgh, at least among American English speakers.
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