Monophtongue
A monophtongue (of the Greek μονόφθογγος, only one vowel), in opposition to the Diphtongue is a “pure” Voyelle, consisted of only one vocalic element. Its articulation starts and is finished at the same place.
The French modern comprises only monophtongues, although in Former French there existed diphthongs. They disappeared since following various phonetic Modifications of which the monophtongaison , which indicates the transformation of a diphthong into monophtongue by reciprocal assimilation of its elements. One also speaks about reduction of diphthong .
Historically, certain languages treat sounds vowels which were before diphthongs like monophtongues. It is the case in Sanskrit, in which sounds pronounced today and are in the beginning the respective diphthongs and, and are thus noted besides in Devanagari and some another close writings. The sounds and exist indeed in Sanskrit, but are noted as if they were pronounced and, initial vowels being long. Comparable processes of monophtongaison are preserved in the Orthographe French and modern Greek , inter alia.
Simple: Monophthong
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