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[h]→[u]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 2/5

Vocalization Labialization Indo-European

Voiceless glottal fricative to Close back rounded vowel

Vocalization of [h] to [u] typically passes through a labialized stage [hʷ], where the glottal friction is replaced by a rounded back vowel quality.

Phonetic Effects

Vocalization, Labialization, Rounding

Language Examples

Proto-Indo-European Indo-European

*h₃ (as [hʷ])→u— Vocalization of a labialized laryngeal into a rounded vowel.

Related Transformations

Reverse Back coloring

More Vocalization Shifts

[ʕ] → [a] — Vocalization [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [e] → [o] — Backing [∅] → [ã] — Compensatory Nasalization [∅] → [ẽ] — Compensatory Nasalization

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