[ã]→[a]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5

Nasalized open front unrounded vowel to Open front unrounded vowel

The nasalized vowel [ã] denasalizes to the regular vowel [a] through loss of nasalization. This phonological process is documented in Romance languages, where nasalization is lost through weakening or phonotactic environments that disfavor nasalization.

Phonetic Effects

Denasalization

Language Examples

French Romance

[sɑ̃]→[sa]— Denasalization of [ã] to [a] in certain phonological contexts or younger speakers' speech patterns.

Portuguese Romance

[ã]→[a]— Historical denasalization pattern in Portuguese dialects and speech variation.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Romance Shifts

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

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