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The [iə] diphthong. Iveseensomesourcesthatleavethisoutaltogether. ItsalwaysfollowedbyanRconsonant, andthesesourcesdontseetheschwaasreallyhavingitsownsound, asintheih-uhdiphthong. AndIsay, Iadmit, Iagreewiththat. Imputtinginherethough, becausealotofothersourcesuseitasaseparatediphthong: ihtouh -- schwa. Now, thefirstsound, ih. Withmanydiphthongs, Ifindthattheihvowel, itswrittenasanopenihasinsit, actuallyinthepracticeofthediphthongtakesonadifferentcolor. Ifindittobealotclosertotheeeasinshe, thoughthetongueisnotsofarforward. Iwouldthinkofthefirstsoundofthisdiphthongmoreasarelaxedeethanasapureihasinsit. Thesecondsoundthenistheschwa, andthatsoundisveryquickasyouarealreadymovingintotheRoftheconsonantthatfollows. Soinslowmotion, thesound, withtheR, asitisalwaysfollowedbytheR, wouldbe: iiiiihhhhhhuuuuuhhhhhhrrrrrrr: here.
[iə]是一个双元音，有些材料中认为这个音是[i]和R音的组合，当中的[ə]音并不发声。但是还有很多材料中认为将它看做两个分开的元音：即[i]和[ə]。
对于第一个音[i]，很多双元音中，[i]这个元音写作短音，就像sit中的[i]，但是真的念起来的时候并非如此，它更接近于she中的[i:]，虽然舌头的位置不像发[i:]时那么靠前。其实这里的这个[i]音更像一个放松发出的[i:]而不是纯粹的sit中的[i]。第二个音便是[ə]，它出现得非常之快，刚发出你就进入到后面的R音了。如果我们用慢动作来念就是这样：iiiiihhhhhhuuuuuhhhhhhrrrrrrr。
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