A Sociophonetic Study of Diphthongs and Triphthongs in Al-Karak Governorate in Jordan Compared to BE Diphthongs and Triphthongs

Abstract

This research provides a sociophonetic investigation of  the existence of distinctive diphthongs and triphthongs in the speech of nonstandard Arabic in Al-Karak Governorate ( a city in the south region  in Jordan)  . In order to achieve the aim of the study , the speech of 20 participants ( 10 males and 10 females) from the recommended district has been recorded and analyzed.

The results reveal that there are unique dipththongs and triphthongs which are used in this district which are not there in Standard Arabic (SA). Moreover, they are similar to certain BE dipthongs and tripthomgs