If the glide is distinct enough to be heard, the vowel + glide will be treated as:
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Correct answer: C. a sequence of two vowels
Explanation
A diphthong is one vowel phoneme gliding within a syllable. When the movement is long and audible as two qualities, phonologists analyse it as two vowels (hiatus), as in naïve /naɪˈiːv/.
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