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[ẽ]→[ei]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Diphthongization Nasalization Vowel Shift Romance

Nasalized close-mid front unrounded vowel to Diphthong ei

The diphthongization of a nasalized front vowel [ẽ] to [ei] (or [ẽĩ]) is a characteristic development in the history of the Portuguese language.

Phonetic Effects

Diphthongization

Language Examples

Portuguese Romance

venit→vem [vẽɪ̃]— Historical development from Latin 'venit' to Portuguese 'vem', where the nasalized vowel develops an off-glide.

Related Transformations

More Nasalization Shifts

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

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