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

Monophthongization Lowering Germanic

Diphthong ei to Near-open front unrounded vowel

Monophthongization of diphthong [ei] to near-open front unrounded vowel [æ] through glide absorption and vowel lowering.

Phonetic Effects

Monophthongization, Lowering

Language Examples

English (unstressed syllables) Germanic

[ei]→[æ]— Reduction in weak positions.

German (casual speech) Germanic

[ei]→[æ]— Informal vowel reduction.

Dutch (rapid speech) Germanic

[ei]→[æ]— Reduction in connected speech.

Related Transformations

More Germanic Shifts

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

Sources & References

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

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