PHONETICS

DIPHTHONGS

There are 6 vowel diphthongs ai, au, ei, ui, ie, uo and 16 composite vowel-consonant diphthongs al, am, an, ar, el, em, en, er, il, im, in, ir, ul, um, un, ur.

Its pronunciation in a word depends on the stress.

In one case the first component of the two-sound combination is emphasized (valgo ),  in the other – the second one (kalba ).