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[ie]→[ai]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Diphthong Shift Lowering

Diphthong ie to Diphthong ai

A diphthong shift where the rising diphthong ie lowers and shifts to the falling diphthong ai.

Phonetic Effects

Lowering, Diphthong Shift

Language Examples

Related Transformations

More Lowering Shifts

[i] → [ẽ] — Vowel Lowering [i] → [ei] — Lowering [u] → [ʌ] — Unrounding [ui] → [oi] — Lowering [æ] → [a] — Lowering

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