[a]→[ẽ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Open front unrounded vowel to Nasalized close-mid front unrounded vowel
The transformation of [a] into the nasalized mid-front vowel [ẽ] involves nasalization followed by vowel raising, characteristic of many Romance developments.
Phonetic Effects
Nasalization, Raising
Language Examples
Latin -an-→[ɐ̃]/[ẽ] stage— Historical development of nasalized open vowels into more closed nasal counterparts.
Related Transformations
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