Graphemes for Front + Front Diphthongs

Falling

/ei/ - close-mid front unrounded + close front unrounded diphthong

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
ast-Latn	<ei>	rei ‘king’
en-Latn	<ai>	paid
en-Latn	<ay>	say
en-Latn	<a>	navy
en-Latn	<ea>	break
en-Latn	<eigh>	weigh, eight
en-Latn	<ei>	rein
en-Latn	<ey>	they
es-Latn	<ei>	seis ‘six’, veinte ‘twenty’
es-Latn	<ey>	rey ‘king’	‹ey› is used word-finally
id-Latn	<ei>	Mei ‘May’	Doubtful; probably only in loan words
ne-Deva	<ऐ>
ne-Deva	<◌ै>	कुनै ‘some’
wo-Arab	<◌ࣺي>	بࣺيْ ‘goat’
wo-Latn	<éy>	béy ‘goat’

/eːi/ - lengthened close-mid front unrounded + close front unrounded diphthong

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
wo-Arab	<◌ࣺيي>	بࣺييْ ‘(to have an) infected finger’
wo-Latn	<éey>	béey ‘(to have an) infected finger’

/ɛi/ - open-mid near-front unrounded + close front unrounded diphthong

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
wo-Arab	<◌ࣹي>	تࣹيْ ‘today’
wo-Latn	<ey>	tey ‘today’

/ɛːi/ - lengthened open-mid near-front unrounded + close front unrounded diphthong

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
wo-Arab	<◌ࣹيي>	تࣹييْ ‘in full’
wo-Latn	<eey>	teey ‘in full’

/ai/ - open near-front unrounded + close front unrounded diphthong

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
ast-Latn	<ai>	cantái ‘sing’
bcy-Latn	<ai>	mbaitə ‘cassava’
bec-Latn	<ai>	baptais ‘baptise’	Only in borrowed words.
de-Latn	<ai>	Laib ‘loaf’, Waise ‘orphan’
de-Latn	<ay>	Bayerischer ‘Bavarian’	Mainly used for proper nouns and/or loan words
de-Latn	<ei>	ein ‘one’
de-Latn	<ey>	Meyer, Speyer	Mainly used for proper nouns and/or loan words
dv-Thaa	<◌ައ◌ި>	ސައި	In nonstandard dialects outside the capital.
en-Latn	<eigh>	height
en-Latn	<ie>	tie
en-Latn	<igh>	sigh, light
en-Latn	<i>	silent
en-Latn	<uy>	buy
en-Latn	<y>	my
es-Latn	<ai>	aire ‘air’, baile ‘dance’
es-Latn	<ay>	hay ‘there is’	‹ay› is used word-finally
id-Latn	<ai>	abai ‘neglect’, baik ‘good’	Sometimes pronounced /ei/ (e.g. bagaimana ‘how’ varies freely)
ne-Deva	<आइ>	भाइ ‘younger brother’	/ai/ can be represented by ‹आई›, ‹आी›, ‹ˌाˌी›, or ‹ˌाई›.
png-Latn	<ai>	giyai, birai
wo-Arab	<◌َي>	بَيْ ‘to cultivate’
wo-Latn	<ay>	bay ‘to cultivate’

/aːi/ - lengthened open near-front unrounded + close front unrounded diphthong

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
wo-Arab	<◌َاي>	بَايْ ‘father’
wo-Latn	<aay>	baay ‘father’

Rising

/je/ - close front unrounded + close-mid front unrounded rising diphthong

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
ast-Latn	<ie>	tierra ‘soil’
es-Latn	<ie>	siete ‘seven’, viejo ‘old’
ru-Cyrl	<ъе>	въезд ‘entrance’, объезд ‘detour’	When following a hard voiced labial or labiodental consonant ‹б, в›