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Nasalization Assimilation Romance

Open front unrounded vowel to Velar nasal

The development of nasal vowels into velar nasals occurs in specific coda positions through a process of nasalization and posterior assimilation.

Phonetic Effects

Nasalization, Assimilation, Velarization

Language Examples

Portuguese Romance

ã→[ŋ]— Development of nasal vowels into velar nasals in specific coda positions.

Related Transformations

More Nasalization Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization

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