[u]→[r]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 2/5
Close back rounded vowel to Alveolar trill
The shift of a back rounded vowel /u/ toward a rhotic consonant /r/, often through the development of r-colored vowels or rhoticization in specific phonetic environments.
Phonetic Effects
Rhoticization, R-coloring
Language Examples
burn→[bɜːrn]— The vowel /u/ is merged into a rhotic-controlled sound.
Related Transformations
More Vowel Shifts
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