[ã]→[æ]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5
Nasalized open front unrounded vowel to Near-open front unrounded vowel
The nasalized low vowel [ɑ̃] shifts toward the near-open front nasalized vowel [æ̃] through a process of fronting and raising. This occurs in contemporary French dialects as part of ongoing nasal vowel chain shifts, driven by articulatory pressure and acoustic perceptual factors. In nasal contexts, vowels tend to undergo raising due to the aerodynamic effects of nasal airflow.
Phonetic Effects
Raising, Fronting, Nasalization Preservation
Language Examples
[a]→[ɐ̃]
[a]→[æ̃]
Related Transformations
More Raising Shifts
Sources & References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_phonology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_vowel
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_French
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-french-language-studies/article/role-of-speaker-sex-and-sexuality-in-an-ongoing-sound-change-nasal-vowels-in-parisian-french/CA0D5593A22115D0F583FC826690AF8D
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_phonology
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