Back to Matrix [a] → [i] Edit this Data

[i]→[a]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 2/5

Lowering Backing

Close front unrounded vowel to Open front unrounded vowel

The vowel i shifts to a through Lowering, Backing. This represents a documented vowel shift pattern.

Phonetic Effects

Lowering, Backing

Language Examples

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[i]→[a]— Lowering, Backing vowel shift process.

Related Transformations

More Backing Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [e] → [o] — Backing [i] → [ẽ] — Vowel Lowering [i] → [ei] — Lowering [r] → [ɣ] — Backing

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