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[ĩ]→[ei]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Diphthongization Nasal Vowel Indo-European

Nasalized close front unrounded vowel to Diphthong ei

The transformation of the nasalized close front vowel [ĩ] into the diphthong [ei] involves a lowering of the main vowel quality and diphthongization.

Phonetic Effects

Diphthongization

Language Examples

Portuguese Dialects Indo-European

ĩ→ei— Nasal vowels in Portuguese can break into diphthongs with a lower starting point.

Related Transformations

Reverse denasalization

More Vowel Shifts

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

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