[ʌ]→[i]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 2/5
Open-mid back unrounded vowel to Close front unrounded vowel
The open-mid front unrounded vowel [ɛ] raises to the close front unrounded vowel [i] through vowel raising. This process eliminates the mid-vowel articulation and produces a higher, tenser vowel. This shift occurs in historical sound changes and contemporary dialect variation.
Phonetic Effects
Vowel Raising
Language Examples
[ɛ]→[i]— Raising in certain phonological contexts, particularly before velars or in word-final stressed position.
[ɛ]→[i]— Regional vowel raising in certain German dialects, particularly in southern varieties.
[ɛ]→[i]— Historical raising in certain Romance language evolution patterns.
[ɛ]→[i]— Historical vowel raising in Old Scandinavian → Middle Scandinavian transitions.
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