[æ]→[i]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 3/5
Near-open front unrounded vowel to Close front unrounded vowel
The phonetic transformation from the near-open front unrounded vowel /æ/ to the close front unrounded vowel /i/ involves a significant raising of the tongue body within the front vowel space. This shift is a form of vowel raising, where a lower front vowel becomes a higher front vowel.
Phonetic Effects
Raising
Language Examples
intæ→inti— Second-person masculine singular independent pronoun 'you' in some Dhofari Arabic dialects, specifically Salalah, Taqah, and il-Hafa. The short vowel /a/ has an allophone [æ] which can be raised to [i].
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