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[ui]→[ai]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Diphthong Shift Lowering Unrounding Indo-European

Diphthong ui to Diphthong ai

A shift from the high-mid diphthong ui to the low fronting diphthong ai, involving Lowering and Unrounding of the first element.

Phonetic Effects

Lowering, Unrounding

Language Examples

Germanic / Romance Indo-European

ui→ai— Unrounding and lowering of the nuclei in front-rounded or high-back-front diphthongs.

Related Transformations

More Indo-European Shifts

[d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [e] → [o] — Backing [∅] → [ã] — Compensatory Nasalization [∅] → [ẽ] — Compensatory Nasalization [∅] → [õ] — Consonant Loss

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