[ẽ]→[ĩ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Nasalized close-mid front unrounded vowel to Nasalized close front unrounded vowel
The raising of a mid-front nasalized vowel [ẽ] to a high-front nasalized vowel [ĩ] is a well-documented process in several languages, particularly where nasalization promotes vowel raising.
Phonetic Effects
Raising
Language Examples
[ẽ]→[ĩ]— Example: Latin 'venit' > Portuguese 'vem' [vĩ] (modern pronunciation [vɐ̃ĩ], historically [vĩ]).
Related Transformations
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