The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
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[ɛ]→[ie]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Open-mid front unrounded vowel to Diphthong ie

Spontaneous diphthongization of short open-mid vowels in open syllables is a hallmark of several Romance languages.

Phonetic Effects

Diphthongization

Language Examples

pede [pɛde]→piede [pjɛde]— Spontaneous diphthongization of Vulgar Latin short /e/ in stressed open syllables.
fera [fɛra]→fiera [fjɛra]— The open-mid front vowel [ɛ] develops an [i] on-glide.

Related Transformations

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