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[uo]→[o]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 2/5

Diphthong uo to Close-mid back rounded vowel

Monophthongization of the diphthong [uo] to the close-mid back rounded vowel [o] through vowel merger and glide loss. This shift occurs in various Romance and Sino-Tibetan languages, representing a simplification pathway where the diphthong reduces to its back vowel component.

Phonetic Effects

Monophthongization

Language Examples

Wu Chinese (contemporary) Sino-Tibetan

[uo]→[o]— In Wu Chinese, the diphthong [uo] frequently monophthongizes to the close-mid back rounded vowel [o] in various phonological contexts.

Romance languages (dialectal) Romance

[uo]→[o]— In some Romance dialects, [uo] simplifies to [o] through loss of the glide component, particularly in casual speech.

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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