Saturday, 23 November 2019

Pronunciation of digraphs beginning with "u"

Ex. Below is a list of words containing "u" followed by another vowel letter. How should they be pronounced? Note that in some of these words "u" and the next letter may belong to different syllables.

UA construal, dual, Guam
UE continue, dual, due, sue, suede
UI druid, quick, ruin, suit
UO duo, duodenum
UU continuum, triduum, vacuum


Key
/kənˈstruː.əl/, /ˈdjuːəl/, /gwɑːm/
/kənˈtɪnjuː/, /ˈdjuːəl/, /djuː/, /suː/, /sweɪd/
/ˈdruːɪd/, /kwɪk/, /rʊɪn/, /s(j)uːt/
/ˈdjuːəʊ/, ˌ/djuːəʊˈdiːnəm/
/kənˈtɪnjʊəm/, /'trɪdju:m/ or /'traɪdju:m/, /ˈvækju:m/ (sources vary as to whether "-uum" is /-u:m./ or /-ʊəm/)

References

Cambridge English Dictionary dictionary.cambridge.org
Diki diki.pl
Lexico lexico.com
ToPhonetics. tophonetics.com

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