[ẽ]→[ə]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5
Nasalized close-mid front unrounded vowel to Mid central vowel
The nasalized vowel [ẽ] reduces to schwa [ə] in unstressed syllables through stress-conditioned vowel reduction. This process is documented in Romance languages, where nasalization is lost as the vowel centralizes to schwa in weak positions.
Phonetic Effects
Centralization, Denasalization, Vowel Reduction
Language Examples
[bɛ̃]→[bə]— Nasalized [ẽ] reduces to schwa in unstressed contexts, losing nasalization in the process.
[ẽ]→[ə]— Reduction of nasalized [ẽ] in unstressed syllables with denasalization.
Related Transformations
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