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[a]→[u]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 2/5

Rounding Backing Raising

Open front unrounded vowel to Close back rounded vowel

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

Phonetic Effects

Rounding, Backing, Raising

Language Examples

Multiple languages Various

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

Related Transformations

More Rounding Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [æ] → [ɛ] — Vowel Raising [e] → [i] — Vowel Raising [e] → [o] — Backing [ɛ] → [e] — Vowel Raising

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