[ue]→[ə]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 2/5
Diphthong ue to Mid central vowel
The diphthong [ʷe] or [we] reduces to schwa [ə] in unstressed syllables through stress-conditioned vowel reduction. This phonetic process is part of the broader pattern of diphthong simplification in weak prosodic positions.
Phonetic Effects
Centralization, Vowel Reduction
Language Examples
[we]→[ə]— Reduction pattern documented in Romance languages where [we] simplifies to schwa in unstressed contexts.
Related Transformations
More Romance Shifts
Sources & References
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