[æ]→[o]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 1/5
Near-open front unrounded vowel to Close-mid back rounded vowel
The near-open front unrounded vowel [æ] raises and backs to the close-mid back rounded vowel [o] through a combined process of vowel raising, backness shift, and rounding addition. This complex vowel change is documented in historical sound changes and contemporary sociophonetic variation.
Phonetic Effects
Vowel Raising, Vowel Backing, Rounding
Language Examples
[æ]→[o]— Extreme vowel shift in certain non-standard English dialects and rapid speech, affecting words with /æ/ in stressed syllables.
[æ]→[o]— Regional variation in certain Dutch dialects where front vowels shift to back rounded vowels.
[æ]→[o]— Sociolinguistic variation in certain German regions affecting vowel quality.
[æ]→[o]— Historical vowel shift in certain Scandinavian dialects.
Related Transformations
More Rounding Shifts
Sources & References
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