Back to Matrix [a] → [u] Edit this Data

[u]→[a]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 2/5

Lowering Unrounding

Close back rounded vowel to Open front unrounded vowel

The vowel u shifts to a through Lowering, Unrounding. This represents a documented vowel shift pattern.

Phonetic Effects

Lowering, Unrounding

Language Examples

Multiple languages Various

[u]→[a]— Lowering, Unrounding vowel shift process.

Related Transformations

More Lowering Shifts

[i] → [ẽ] — Vowel Lowering [i] → [ei] — Lowering [u] → [ʌ] — Unrounding [ui] → [oi] — Lowering [uo] → [ue] — Vowel Fronting

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