Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "ऐ" in Hindi language version.
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... The symmetrical ten-vowel system of Hindi and Punjabi (/i, I, e, æ; a, ə; u, U, o, ɔ/ - often represented as /ï, i, e, ai; ā, a; ū, u, o, au/) is considered the normative NIA system ... The diphthongs ai, au coventionally counted as part of the Sanskrit inventory of "vowels" (though not of NIA inventories, being properly relegated to the category of diphthongs), are monophthongized to æ, ɔ in these languages, although in eastern (i.e. Bihari) pronunciations of common Hindi (and in some acrolectal pronunciations of tatsamas) a diphthongal element is retained ...
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... The symmetrical ten-vowel system of Hindi and Punjabi (/i, I, e, æ; a, ə; u, U, o, ɔ/ - often represented as /ï, i, e, ai; ā, a; ū, u, o, au/) is considered the normative NIA system ... The diphthongs ai, au coventionally counted as part of the Sanskrit inventory of "vowels" (though not of NIA inventories, being properly relegated to the category of diphthongs), are monophthongized to æ, ɔ in these languages, although in eastern (i.e. Bihari) pronunciations of common Hindi (and in some acrolectal pronunciations of tatsamas) a diphthongal element is retained ...
