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back posisions of the tongue in either of the word-initial, interconsonantal and word-
final environments.

A table of vowel sequence has been attached in Annex IV.
4.2.4 Diphthongs and tripthongs

a) Diphthongs
Sometimes, two vowel phonemes occur so close that they seem to be a single one.
Such vowels are known as diphthongs. Bhojpuri diphthongs are presented as following:

(i) Diagonal Diphthongs:
Diagonal diphthongs' movement is i u
ʌ o
throughout the vowel quadrilateral: अइ /ʌi/, अउ /ʌu/
and ओइ /oi/ as shown in अइसन /ʌisʌn/ 'like this', मउसी /mʌusi/ 'aunt (mother's sister)',

ओइसन /oisʌn/ 'like that'.

(ii) Vertical diphthongs
i u
Vertical diphthongs have movements within
e o
their own area in the vowel quadrilateral: एइ /ei/

and ओउ /ou/ as shown in एइजा /eijɑ/ 'here only', ओउजा /oujɑ/ 'there also'.

(iii) Centring diphthongs:
i u
Centring diphthongs have movements
ʌ
towards centre in the vowel quadrilateral: इअ /iʌ/ and

उअ /uʌ/ as shown in -दअरी /diʌri/ 'earthen lamp', दुअरी /duʌri/ 'door'.
(iv) Other diphthongs

Bhojpuri has other diphthongs in the directions opposite to what presented in the
quadrilaterals and much more composed in different situations such as इओ /io/, इए /ie/,

उओ /uo/, आइ /ɑi/, आउ /ɑu/, इआ /iɑ/, इउ /iu/, उआ /uɑ/, उइ /ui/, उए /ue/, एआ /eɑ/, एउ

/eu/, एओ /eo/, ओअ /oʌ/, ओए /oe/, ओआ /oɑ/ as shown in किहओ /kʌɦio/ 'any time', िजए

/jie/ 'to live', रउओ /rʌuo/ 'you too (H)', जाई /jɑi/ 'issue, go (FUT), चाउर /cɑur/ 'rice', -दआ

/diɑ/ 'lamp', िजऊ /jiu/ 'organism', रउआ /rʌuɑ/ 'you (H), अलुई /ʌlui/ 'potato', रउए /rʌue/
'only you (H), देआ /deɑ/ 'go and give', जनेऊ /jʌneu/ 'sacred thread', देओता /deotɑ/ 'deity',

धोअ /d ̤ oʌ/ 'wash (IMP.H)', धोए /d ̤ oe/ 'to wash', धोआ /d ̤ oɑ/ 'have one wash'.

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