Ei (digraph)

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ei is a digraph used in many writing systems. Usually it represents a diphthong.

1 In English
2 In Welsh
3 In Irish and Scottish Gaelic
4 In Dutch
5 In German
6 In French

[edit] In English

In English orthography, "ei" can represent many sounds, including the /eɪ/ sound as in veil and vein, the /i/ sound as in seize and sheik, the /aɪ/ sound as in heist and British either, the /ɛ/ sound as in heifer and leisure, the /ɪ/ sound as in weird, the /æ/ sound as in enceinte, and the unstressed /ə/ or /ɪ/ sound as in foreign and forfeit. See also I before e except after c.

[edit] In Welsh

In Welsh, "ei" stands for the diphthong [əi].

[edit] In Irish and Scottish Gaelic

In Irish and Scottish Gaelic, "ei" stands for [ɛ] before a palatalized consonant.

[edit] In Dutch

In Dutch, "ei" is pronounced [ɛɪ].

[edit] In German

In German, "ei" represents the [aɪ] sound as in Einstein. This digraph was taken over from Middle High German writing systems, where it was pronounced [eɪ]. In Modern German, "ei" is predominant in representing [aɪ], while the equivalent digraph "ai" only appears in few words.

[edit] In French

In French, "ei" represents the /ɛ/ sound as in peine, or the nasal vowel /ɛ̃/ sound as in sein, when "ei" is followed by a single "n" at the end of the word, or when is followed by "n/m + consonant".

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Digraphs	a’ aa ae ãe ah ai ãi ái aí aî am âm an än ân ån ão ao aq au äu aû aw ay 'b bb bd bh bp bz cc cg ch čh ci ck cn cö cs ct cu cz 'd dc dd dg dh dj dl dł dq dr dt dx dy dz dž dź dż e’ ea éa eá ee eh ei éi eî em ém êm en én ên ɛn eo eq eu eû ew ey ff fh gb gc ge gg gh għ gi gj gk gl gm gn gñ gq gr gu gü gw ǥw gx gy hh hj hl hm hn hs hu hw hx i’ ie ig ih ii ij il im ím in ín în io ío iq iu iú ix jh jj jö kg kh kj kk kl kn kp kr ku kw ḵw ky lh lj ll l·l ly mb mf mg mh ml mn mp mv n’ nb nc nd ng ńg ñg nh nj nk nn np nq nr ns nt nw nx ny nz o’ oa oe oê õe oh oi ói oí oî on om ôm ön ôn ɔn oo oq ou oû ow oy oŷ øy œu pf ph pl pn pp ps pt qg qh qu qw rd rh rl rn rr rs rt rz sc sç sh ſh si sj sk sl sr ss sv sy sz tc tg th ti tj tl tł tr ts tt tx ty tz u’ uc ue ug uh ui úi uí um úm un ún ün uo uq ur uu uw vh vv wh wr wu xg xh xi xö xu xw x̱w xy 'y yh yi yk ym yn yr yu yy zh zs zv zz
Trigraphs	aai abh adh aei agh aim ain aío amh aoi aon aou aoû aqh aye bhf c'h chh chj chs ddh dlh dsh dtc dzh dzv dzs eai eái eau ein eoi eqh geü ghj ghw gli gni guë güe gqh hhw hml hny idh igh ign ilh ill iqh iúi jyu khu khw lli nch ndl ndz ng’ ngb ngc ngg ngh ngk ngq ngw ngx nkc nkh nkp nkq nkx nph npl nqh nrh ntc nth ntl nts ntx nyh nyk nzv obh odh oen ogh oin oío omh ooi oqh plh qx’ rnd rrh sch sci sh' skj ssi sth stj tcg tch ths tlh tsg tsh tsj tsv tth txh tyh uío uqh urr xhw
Tetragraphs	abha adha agha aidh aigh amha chth dsch eabh eadh eamh eeuw eidh eigh ieuw illi gqx’ ndlh nplh ntsh ntxh nyng obha odha ogha oidh oigh omha ough phth thsh tsch
Pentagraphs	abhai adhai aghai amhai eabha eadha eamha eidhi eighi obhai odhai oghai oidhi oighi omhai tzsch
Hexagraphs	eabhai eadhai eamhai eidhea eighea oidhea oighea

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