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

Rounding Backing Germanic

Diphthong ai to Diphthong oi

The shift from [ai] to [oi] involves rounding and backing of the nucleus. This is often seen in 'broad' accents where front vowels are retracted.

Phonetic Effects

Rounding, Backing

Language Examples

London Cockney Germanic

time [taim]→time [tɔim]— Classic Cockney backing and rounding of the /ai/ diphthong.

Related Transformations

More Rounding Shifts

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

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