Diphthongs

SQUARE

Similarly, the SQUARE vowel is either a half-open, usually lengthened monophthongal [ε:] (WMwE, InlNE, SAmE, NEngE, CajE, ChcE, T&TC) or a diphthong with this onset and a schwa (PhilE, NYCE, CanE, Gullah), or any of these or a set of less widely used alternative pronunciations, e.g. raised [eə] (NEngE, SAmE, NfldE) and [ɪə] (NfldE, T&TCs), lowered [æə] (SAmE, CajE, BahE), or [ɪε] (JamC). The monophthongal type may also be realized as a half-close vowel [e:], mostly in the Caribbean (T&TCs, JamE, Baj, without lengthening also in SurC) but also in SAmE and, less commonly, NfldE.