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[u]→[uo]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Lowering Diphthongization

Close back rounded vowel to Diphthong uo

The transformation from /u/ to /uo/ involves Lowering and Diphthongization, typical of high back vowels in certain dialects.

Phonetic Effects

Lowering, Diphthongization

Language Examples

Dialectal variation various

/u/→[uo]— High back vowels often undergo lowering and diphthongization in regional speech.

Related Transformations

More Lowering Shifts

[i] → [ẽ] — Vowel Lowering [i] → [ei] — Lowering [l] → [ou] — Vocalization [u] → [ʌ] — Unrounding [ui] → [oi] — Lowering

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