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[ai]→[i]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Diphthong ai to Close front unrounded vowel

Monophthongization of 'ai' to a high vowel 'i' typically involves the assimilation of the first element to the second, or a gradual raising and fronting of the diphthongal nucleus.

Phonetic Effects

Monophthongization, Raising

Language Examples

English (Historical) Germanic

ai→i— Unattested as a widespread or regular historical sound change in English. The Great Vowel Shift saw Middle English /iː/ diphthongize to Modern English /aɪ/. Proto-Germanic *ai* monophthongized to Old English /aː/.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Raising Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction

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