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Noting the current linguistic portrait of sulgoiana region, it is clear that three phenomena have shown a considerable number of occurrences, diphthongization, monophthongization and deletion of occlusive / d /. Based on this finding, we try to give an overview on this subject in our region and understand the facts that trigger these phenomena, together to determine the variants present in each case, and to review the theoretical concepts related to diphthong and monophthong. So, answer the following questions: What is the role of education variable in the deletion of dental / d / in the gerund? As such deletion can be justified? The variable gender/sex is a major factor in the formation of phenomena diphthongization and monophthongization in this region? We maintain our research on the assumptions Labovian sociolinguistic scholars of variational nature as Faraco and Tezza (1992) and Fiorin (2011) and grammar, Dubois (2000) and Cunha and Cintra (2013). When analyzing the data statistically, we observed that monophthongization was the most recurrent phenomenon in the speech samples that we had, with a percentage of 47% for high school and 39% for primary education II; the diphthongization presented a secondary index, with 23% for high school and 32% for primary education II. The deletion of occlusive / d / showed rate of 30% for high school and 29% for primary education II.