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[au]→[oi]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Diphthong Shift Vowel Shift Raising Backing Rounding Fronting Unrounding Romance Western Romance

Diphthong au to Diphthong oi

The diphthong /au/ can undergo various transformations in language evolution. One documented, though less common, shift is its development into the diphthong /oi/. This change represents a complex series of articulatory adjustments, affecting both the starting and ending points of the diphthong.

Phonetic Effects

Raising, Rounding, Fronting

Language Examples

Fala Western Romance

*aurum→oiru— Latin 'gold' to Fala 'gold'

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Vowel Shift Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization

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