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Monophthongization Lowering Germanic Romance

Diphthong ie to Open front unrounded vowel

Monophthongization of diphthong [ie] to open front unrounded vowel [a] through glide absorption and vowel lowering.

Phonetic Effects

Monophthongization, Lowering

Language Examples

German (dialectal) Germanic

[ie]→[a]— Regional vowel merger.

English (unstressed) Germanic

[ie]→[a]— Reduction in weak syllables.

Romance languages (historical) Romance

[ie]→[a]— Historical vowel shift patterns.

Related Transformations

More Romance Shifts

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

Sources & References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophthongization

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