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[o]→[w]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Vocalization Glide Formation Romance

Close-mid back rounded vowel to Voiced labio-velar approximant

Vocalization of mid-back rounded vowels to labiovelar glides typically occurs in high rounding environments or through desyllabification.

Phonetic Effects

Vocalization, Glide Formation

Language Examples

Romance Romance

[o]→[w]— Vocalization in high rounding environments.

Related Transformations

More Romance Shifts

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

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