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Modern English

8 documented transformations found for this language.

Syllabic Consonant Formation
[a] → [l]
→
Vocalization
[n] → [schwa]
→
Devoicing
[schwa] → [h]
→
Raising
[schwa] → [i]
→
Syllabic Nasalization
[schwa] → [n]
→
Unrounding
[u] → [caret]
→
Palatalization
[u] → [ch]
→
Palatalization
[u] → [sh]
→