1-03 Pronunciation_ Diphthongs

Latin has the following six diphthongs combinations of two vowel sounds that were collapsed together into a single syllable ae as in ai in aisle: cārae, saepe au as ou in house: aut, laudō ei as ei in reign: deinde eu as Latin e + u pronounced rapidly as a single syllable: seu. oe as oi in oil: coepit, proelium ui as in Latin u + i spoken as a single syllable like Spanish muy or like English gooey pronounced quickly as a single syllable This diphthong occurs only in: huius, cuius, huic, cui, hui. Elsewhere the two letters are spoken separately as in: fuit, frūctuī