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[a]→[õ]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 1/5

Nasalization Rounding Backing

Open front unrounded vowel to Nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel

The vowel a shifts to o_nas through Nasalization, Rounding, Backing. This represents a complex vowel transformation pattern.

Phonetic Effects

Nasalization, Rounding, Backing

Language Examples

Multiple languages Various

[a]→[o_nas]— Nasalization, Rounding, Backing vowel transformation.

Related Transformations

More Nasalization Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [e] → [o] — Backing [∅] → [ã] — Compensatory Nasalization [∅] → [ẽ] — Compensatory Nasalization

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