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

Diphthongization Raising Germanic

Near-open front unrounded vowel to Diphthong ie

The transformation of /æ/ to /ie/ involves both Diphthongization and Raising, common in many dialectal shifts.

Phonetic Effects

Diphthongization, Raising

Language Examples

Dialectal English Germanic

/æ/→[ie]— Certain dialects show raising and diphthongization of front open vowels.

Related Transformations

More Raising Shifts

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

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