Diphthongs happen when two vocalic sounds are together in the same syllable.
Examples:
peixe (pei - xe)
Saudade (sau - da - de)
paixão (pai - xão)
The Portuguese alphabet has 26 letters, which the vowels are a, e, i, o, u (5) . The rest (a, b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z) is considered consonants. However, according to the new orthographic accord, Y can be, in some cases, considered a vowel.
