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[r]→[u]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Vocalization Rhotic Romance Creole

Alveolar trill to Close back rounded vowel

The vocalization of a rhotic consonant /r/ into a back rounded vowel /u/ or glide /w/, often occurring in syllable-final position.

Phonetic Effects

R-vocalization, Vocalization

Language Examples

Brazilian Portuguese Romance

falar→fala[u]— Syllable-final R-vocalization.

Kristang Creole

mar→mau— Portuguese final /r/ becoming /u/.

Related Transformations

More Romance Shifts

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

Sources & References

Clements, J. C. (2009). The Linguistic Legacy of Spanish and Portuguese.

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