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[oi]→[u]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Monophthongization Raising Italic

Diphthong oi to Close back rounded vowel

Monophthongization of 'oi' to 'u' involves the simplification of a rounded diphthong into a high back vowel.

Phonetic Effects

Monophthongization, Raising

Language Examples

Latin / Romance Italic

Archaic Latin OE / OI→Classical Latin U— Latin diphthongal 'oe/oi' simplified to 'u' in Classical Latin. E.g., archaic 'oinos' > classical 'unus'.

Related Transformations

More Raising Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization [æ] → [ɛ] — Vowel Raising [e] → [i] — Vowel Raising [e] → [o] — Backing

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