[i]→[ʔ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5

Close front unrounded vowel to Glottal stop

The shift from the high-front vowel [i] to a glottal stop [ʔ] is a form of glottal reinforcement. It is frequently observed at word boundaries where a 'hard attack' is used to separate the vowel from the preceding context.

Phonetic Effects

Glottalization, Hard Attack

Language Examples

English Germanic

the apple [ði]→[ði ʔæpl̩]— Glottal stop insertion to resolve hiatus between two vowels.

German Germanic

Igel [i]→[ˈʔiːɡl̩]— Consistent glottal stop reinforcement for word-initial vowels.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Germanic Shifts

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

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