1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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105. _What are the sounds called?_ Diphthongal sounds. 106. _How many kinds of Diphthongs are there?_ Two. 107. _What are they?_ Separable and Inseparable. 108. _Which ones are Separable?_ Oi and Oy. 109. _What is an Improper Diphthong?_ The union of two vowels in a syllable, one of which is silent. 110. _By what other name are they known?_ Digraph. 111. _How many Digraphs are there?_ Twenty-five. 112. _Name them._ Aa, Ae, Ai, Ao, Au, Aw, Ay, Ea, Ee, Ei, Eo, Eu, Ew, Ey, Ie, Oa, Oe, Oi, Oo, Ou, Ow, Ua, Ue, Ui, and Uy. 113. _What is a Trigraph?_ A union of three vowels in one syllable, two of which are silent, or all three representing one sound. |
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