Standard English diphthongs
English
diaphoneme RP (British) Australian North American
low //oʊ// [əʊ̯]
loud //aʊ// [aʊ̯]
lout [ʌʊ̯]
lied //aɪ// [aɪ̯]
light [ʌɪ̯]
lay //eɪ// [eɪ̯]
loin //ɔɪ// [ɔɪ̯]
loon /uː/[ʊu̯]
lean /iː/ [ɪi̯]
leer //ɪər// [ɪə̯]
lair //ɛər// [ɛə̯]
lure //ʊər// [ʊə̯]
First symbol is the English diaphoneme, the second symbol is the British Received Pronunciation.
These do NOT include Australian north North American pronunciations.
Inyanya is the Kikuyu word for the English word eight.
eight
eight
In English 827 is eight hundred and twenty seven, in American English 827 is eight hundred twenty seven.
forty eight
fifty eight
forty eight
eighty-eight
Eight thousand.
Henry
Eight pints in a gallon.
"Forty-eight" in English is quarantotto in Italian.