[ã]→[ĩ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5
Nasalized open front unrounded vowel to Nasalized close front unrounded vowel
Nasal Raising describes the movement of a nasalized vowel to a higher position in the vowel space. While lowering is more common for nasal vowels, raising occurs sporadically or in specific dialectal variations.
Phonetic Effects
Raising, Nasalization
Language Examples
cãibra [ˈkɐ̃jbɾɐ]→caimbra [ˈkɐ̃ĩbɾɐ]— Sporadic raising and closure of the nasal vowel in the diphthong.
Related Transformations
More Raising Shifts
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