Is English the only language that uses the "oʊ" sound?

BigT · January 9, 2024, 9:19pm

@AHunter3 : are you from the Upper Midwest? Because I would associate using [o] instead of [oʊ] with that accent. In particular, I associate it with the phrase “Doncha know?”

Wikipedia mentions the monophthongization here:

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Is English the only language that uses the "oʊ" sound?

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