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Dipthongs
Diphthong

The article is a C-Class article.
I chose this article because I have a generally solid understanding of this topic. Additionally, for class I have to choose and article that deals with phonology.

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First, looking at the lead section, I think it is rather well written. It gives an origin of the word 'dipthong' and a clear definition. There should be a little more clarification for what a dipthong is meant to do. It is never clearly stated that a dipthong moves from the place of articulation of one vowel into the place of articulation of the next. It just vaguely states that "the tongue moves during the pronunciation of the vowel." Additionally, the use of the word spoken seems out of place in this article. A better word to use in this context would be 'pronounced.' Finally, in one place 'variety' is used but it should say 'language variety' or 'variety of language.'

Next, looking at the content, there is a detailed breakdown of what a dipthong can be. This is very important because there are many varieties of dipthongs. The article also states what a dipthong is not, which I think is essential when talking about dipthongs because it can get ambiguous at times. There are a lot of examples provided from different language varieties. One thing about the examples is that there are bigger descriptions for some languages and their phonological patterns but some there are only one sentence descriptions. Finally, some of the examples within the languages are put into tables while others are just listed. This incongruency in formatting throws off the flow of the article.

The sources that are used seem to be rather reliable sources. There are many sources cited.

Overall, I would say that the article is strong but lacks some structural congruency and uses strange wording at times. The article has a good layout: starting with transcription, leading into types of dipthongs, to phonology and so on. I think this order makes the most sense for explaining this phonological feature. I think the article is pretty well developed as a whole, but could use some editing.