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[æ]→[ei]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Diphthongization Germanic

Near-open front unrounded vowel to Diphthong ei

Diphthongization of /æ/ can lead to /ei/, often as part of vowel shifts in various Germanic dialects.

Phonetic Effects

Diphthongization

Language Examples

Germanic dialects Germanic

/æ/→[ei]— Common in some English dialects during historical shifts.

Related Transformations

More Germanic Shifts

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

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