The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
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Chain Shift

12 documented transformations found for this phonetic process.

Raising
[a] → [i]
→
Vowel Raising
[ash] → [eps]
→
Velarization
[b] → [k]
→
Fronting
[caret] → [ash]
→
Fronting
[caret] → [e]
→
Fronting
[caret] → [eps]
→
Lowering
[e] → [ash]
→
Lowering
[eps] → [ash]
→
Backing
[eps] → [caret]
→
Place Assimilation
[gamma] → [v]
→
Lowering
[i] → [eps]
→
Fronting
[u] → [e]
→