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Vowel Shift

62 documented transformations found for this phonetic process.

Diphthongization
[a_nas] → [ai]
→
Raising
[a_nas] → [ash]
→
Raising
[a_nas] → [e]
→
Raising
[a_nas] → [e_nas]
→
Raising
[a_nas] → [o_nas]
→
Denasalization
[a_nas] → [u]
→
Raising
[a_nas] → [u_nas]
→
Vowel Raising
[a] → [i_nas]
→
Monophthongization
[ai] → [e_nas]
→
Raising
[ai] → [ei]
→
Monophthongization
[ai] → [eps]
→
Nasalization
[ai] → [i_nas]
→
Monophthongization
[ai] → [ie]
→
Backing
[ai] → [ou]
→
Raising
[ash] → [e_nas]
→
Fronting
[au] → [ai]
→
Fronting
[au] → [ei]
→
Smoothing
[au] → [o_nas]
→
Raising
[au] → [oi]
→
Raising
[au] → [ou]
→
Diphthongization
[e_nas] → [ei]
→
Denasalization
[e_nas] → [i]
→
Raising
[e_nas] → [i_nas]
→
Denasalization
[e_nas] → [ie]
→
Backing
[e] → [o]
→
Diphthongization
[e] → [uo]
→
Smoothing
[ei] → [e_nas]
→
Backing
[ei] → [oi]
→
Raising
[ei] → [ui]
→
Monophthongization
[ei] → [y]
→
Backing
[eps] → [caret]
→
Raising
[eps] → [o]
→
Lowering
[i_nas] → [a_nas]
→
Diphthongization
[i_nas] → [ai]
→
Vowel Lowering
[i] → [e_nas]
→
Monophthongization
[ie] → [e_nas]
→
Monophthongization
[ie] → [y]
→
Diphthongization
[o_nas] → [ou]
→
Diphthongization
[o] → [au]
→
Fronting
[o] → [e]
→
Umlaut
[o] → [i]
→
Spontaneous Diphthongization
[o] → [ue]
→
Raising
[o] → [ui]
→
Unrounding
[oi] → [ei]
→
Monophthongization
[oi] → [eps]
→
Monophthongization
[oi] → [y]
→
Fronting
[ou] → [ai]
→
Fronting
[ou] → [ei]
→
Diphthongal Fronting
[ou] → [oi]
→
Monophthongization
[ou] → [u]
→
Lowering
[u_nas] → [a_nas]
→
Unrounding
[u_nas] → [i_nas]
→
Unrounding
[u] → [caret]
→
Fronting
[u] → [i]
→
Backing
[ue] → [uo]
→
Fronting
[ui] → [ei]
→
Lowering
[ui] → [oi]
→
Monophthongization
[uo] → [u]
→
Vowel Fronting
[uo] → [ue]
→
Umlaut
[uo] → [y]
→
Unrounding
[y] → [eps]
→
Backing
[y] → [o]
→