Diphthongs

NEAR

The diphthongal realizations are as follows:

[ɪə] in WSAfE, IndE, PakE and (as a lesser alternative) in StHE;

[iə] in StHE, LibSE, SgE and MalE;

[iε] in GhE, GhP and CamE, and as [ijε] in InSAfE;

[iɐ] in CFE;

[ɪa] in EAfrE;

[ia] in Kamtok and as a lesser alternative in GhE and GhP, and as [ija] in NigP.

Monophthongal [e] is reported in BlSAfE, and as lesser alternatives, [jɪ:] in WSAfE and [i:] in MalE.