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Graphemes for Back + Front Diphthongs

/ou/ - close-mid back rounded + close back rounded diphthong

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
ast-Latn <ou> mou ‘manner’
en-Latn <ew> sew
en-Latn <oa> boat
en-Latn <oe> toe
en-Latn <ough> though, thorough
en-Latn <ow> row
en-Latn <o> open
es-Latn <ou> bou ‘trawler’ /ou/ is a rare diphthong in Spanish
ne-Deva <ओऊ> धोऊ ‘wash’ /ou/ can be represented by ‹ओऊ›, ‹ओˌू›, ‹ˌोˌू›, or ‹ˌोऊ›.

/ʌu/ - open-mid back unrounded + close back rounded diphthong

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
ne-Deva <औ> औधी ‘exceedingly’
ne-Deva <◌ौ> पौने ‘three-quarters’

/ɔu/ - open-mid back rounded + close back rounded diphthong

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
wo-Arab <◌ࣷو> سࣷو ‘(sun) to set’
wo-Latn <ow> sow ‘(sun) to set’

/ɔːu/ - lengthened open-mid back rounded + close back rounded diphthong

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
wo-Arab <◌ࣷوو> سࣷووْ ‘to make noise, raw milk’
wo-Latn <oow> soow ‘to make noise, raw milk’

/au/ - open near-front unrounded + close back rounded diphthong

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
ast-Latn <au> prau ‘meadow’
de-Latn <au> Hause ‘house’
dv-Thaa <◌ައ◌ު> މައުލުމާތު
en-Latn <ough> bough
en-Latn <ou> round
en-Latn <ow> how
es-Latn <au> causa ‘cause’
id-Latn <au> mau ‘want’, atau ‘or’, kalau ‘if’
ne-Deva <आउ> आउनु ‘to come /au/ can be represented by ‹आउ›, ‹आु›, ‹ˌाˌु›, or ‹ˌाउ›.
png-Latn <au> wau, ambyau
wo-Arab <◌َو> دَوْ ‘to run’
wo-Latn <aw> daw ‘to run’

/aːu/ - lengthened open near-front unrounded + close back rounded diphthong

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
wo-Arab <◌َاو> بَاوَانْ ‘to flow like water’
wo-Latn <aaw> baawaan ‘to flow like water’

/wo/ - close back rounded + close-mid back rounded rising diphthong

Writing System Grapheme Example Notes
ast-Latn <uo> naguo ‘I want’
es-Latn <uo> cuota ‘quota’, ingenuo ‘naïve’

/wɑ/ - close back rounded + open back unrounded rising diphthong

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