[n]→[õ]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5

Indo-Aryan Vocalization Nasalization Sandhi

Alveolar nasal to Nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel

The alveolar nasal /n/ can undergo vocalization, transforming into a nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel /õ/ in specific phonetic environments, particularly within sandhi rules in certain languages.

Phonetic Effects

Vocalization

Language Examples

Sanskrit Indo-Aryan

né-nàm→néõàm— An internal sandhi rule where /n/ is preceded by /r/, /u/, or /e/ and immediately followed by a vowel, semivowel, or nasal, provided no palatal, retroflex, or dental consonant intervenes.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Nasalization Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization [ʕ] → [a] — Vocalization [∅] → [ã] — Compensatory Nasalization

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