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[i]→[ie]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 3/5

Diphthongization Lowering

Close front unrounded vowel to Diphthong ie

The vowel i diphthongizes to ie through glide insertion and vowel shifting. This is a common phonological process in vowel system evolution.

Phonetic Effects

Diphthongization, Lowering

Language Examples

Multiple languages Various

[i]→[ie]— Diphthongization, Lowering in vowel system change.

Related Transformations

More Lowering Shifts

[i] → [ẽ] — Vowel Lowering [i] → [ei] — Lowering [l] → [ou] — Vocalization [u] → [ʌ] — Unrounding [ui] → [oi] — Lowering

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