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[ã]→[ui]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Diphthongization Nasal Vowel Indo-European

Nasalized open front unrounded vowel to Diphthong ui

The shift from a nasalized open front vowel [ã] to the diphthong [ui] involves diphthongization. This shift typically occurs through a series of intermediate vowel qualities and loss of nasalization or its transformation into a glide.

Phonetic Effects

Diphthongization

Language Examples

Portuguese Dialects Indo-European

ã→ui— Dialectal variation in Portuguese often shows various nasal vowels breaking into rising or falling diphthongs like [ui].

Related Transformations

Reverse diphthongization

More Vowel Shifts

[a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [e] → [o] — Backing [∅] → [ã] — Compensatory Nasalization [∅] → [ẽ] — Compensatory Nasalization

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