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[ui]→[ei]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5

Sinitic Vowel Shift Diphthongization Fronting Lowering Unrounding

Diphthong ui to Diphthong ei

The diphthong /ui/, characterized by a high back rounded vowel followed by a high front unrounded vowel, can undergo a phonetic transformation to /ei/, where the initial element shifts to a mid front unrounded vowel. This change involves a combination of fronting, lowering, and unrounding of the first vowel in the diphthong.

Phonetic Effects

Fronting, Lowering, Unrounding of the Initial Vowel in the Diphthong

Language Examples

Henan dialect Sinitic

duì /tuei/→dei /tei/— The Standard Mandarin diphthong /ui/ in words like 'duì' (对, meaning 'correct') is pronounced as /ei/ in the Henan dialect.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Vowel Shift Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [d] → [t] — Voice Loss [dz] → [l] — Deaffrication [e] → [o] — Backing [ɡʱ] → [ʒ] — Palatalization

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