[ũ]→[ã]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5
Nasalized close back rounded vowel to Nasalized open front unrounded vowel
The lowering of a high back nasalized vowel [ũ] to a low nasalized vowel [ã] is a significant shift in vowel height and potentially backness, often driven by the acoustic effects of nasalization which tend to lower the perceived height of high vowels.
Phonetic Effects
Lowering
Language Examples
[ũ]→[ã]— Occurs in various historical developments where nasalized high vowels were lowered significantly over time.
Related Transformations
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