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Portuguese

41 documented transformations found for this language.

Denasalization
[a_nas] → [a]
→
Diphthongization
[a_nas] → [ai]
→
Raising
[a_nas] → [ash]
→
Diphthongization
[a_nas] → [au]
→
Raising
[a_nas] → [e_nas]
→
Raising
[a_nas] → [i_nas]
→
Raising
[a_nas] → [o_nas]
→
Diphthongization
[a_nas] → [oi]
→
Diphthongization
[a_nas] → [ou]
→
Centralization
[a_nas] → [schwa]
→
Assimilatory Nasalization
[a] → [a_nas]
→
Nasalization
[a] → [e_nas]
→
Nasalization
[a] → [m]
→
Nasalization
[a] → [ng]
→
Vowel Reduction
[a] → [schwa]
→
Retraction
[d_palatal] → [g]
→
Elision
[d] → [empty]
→
Diphthongization
[e_nas] → [ei]
→
Raising
[e_nas] → [i_nas]
→
Centralization
[e_nas] → [schwa]
→
Nasalization
[e] → [e_nas]
→
Compensatory Nasalization
[empty] → [a_nas]
→
Consonant Loss
[empty] → [o_nas]
→
Nasalization
[i_nas] → [n_palatalized]
→
Nasalization
[i] → [ng]
→
Deaffrication
[j_affricate] → [zh]
→
Palatalization
[l] → [ch]
→
Palatalization
[l] → [ch_palatal]
→
Fortition
[l] → [d]
→
Palatalization
[l] → [l_palatal]
→
L-vocalization
[l] → [u]
→
Vocalization
[m] → [u]
→
Vocalization
[n] → [u]
→
Diphthongization
[o_nas] → [au]
→
Diphthongization
[o_nas] → [ou]
→
Centralization
[o_nas] → [schwa]
→
Vowel Raising
[o] → [u]
→
Voicing
[sh] → [zh]
→
Elision
[t] → [empty]
→
Monophthongization
[ui] → [u]
→
Palatalization
[z] → [zh]
→