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[i]→[ŋ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Nasalization Romance

Close front unrounded vowel to Velar nasal

Nasalization of high front vowels leading to the production of a velar nasal in coda position.

Phonetic Effects

Nasalization, Velarization

Language Examples

Portuguese Romance

[i]→[ŋ]— Nasalization and development of velar nasal coda.

Related Transformations

More Nasalization Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization

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