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[a]→[o]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 2/5

Rounding Backing

Open front unrounded vowel to Close-mid back rounded vowel

The vowel a shifts to o through Rounding, Backing. This represents a documented vowel shift pattern.

Phonetic Effects

Rounding, Backing

Language Examples

Multiple languages Various

[a]→[o]— Rounding, Backing vowel shift process.

Related Transformations

More Rounding Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [e] → [o] — Backing [r] → [ɣ] — Backing [a] → [ʕ] — Pharyngealization [a] → [ʌ] — Vowel Reduction

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