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[uo]→[a]Certainty: 1/5Commonality: 1/5

Monophthongization Lowering Fronting Romance Sino-Tibetan

Diphthong uo to Open front unrounded vowel

Monophthongization of the diphthong [uo] to the open front unrounded vowel [a] through vowel merger with lowering and fronting. This shift occurs in various Romance and Sino-Tibetan languages, representing a common pathway in complex diphthong reduction.

Phonetic Effects

Monophthongization, Lowering, Fronting

Language Examples

Wu Chinese (contemporary) Sino-Tibetan

[uo]→[a]— In Wu Chinese, the back-rounded to front-open diphthong [uo] monophthongizes to [a] in certain phonological contexts.

Romance languages (dialectal) Romance

[uo]→[a]— In some Romance dialects, complex diphthongs like [uo] reduce to low vowel [a] in certain phonological environments.

Related Transformations

Reverse Alternative monophthongization target

More Romance Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization

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