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[ei]→[a]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 1/5

Monophthongization Lowering Romance Germanic

Diphthong ei to Open front unrounded vowel

Monophthongization of diphthong [ei] to open front unrounded vowel [a]. This process involves glide absorption and significant lowering.

Phonetic Effects

Monophthongization, Lowering

Language Examples

Portuguese (Brazilian) Romance

[ei]→[a]— Monophthongization in certain phonological contexts.

Spanish (dialectal) Romance

[ei]→[a]— Vowel merger in non-standard varieties.

English (unstressed) Germanic

[ei]→[a]— Reduction in unstressed syllables.

Related Transformations

More Romance Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction

Sources & References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophthongization

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