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Monophthongization is a
sound change by
which a
diphthong becomes a monophthong, a type of
vowel shift. It is also
known as ungliding, as
diphthongs are...
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system of
vowels and diphthongs: loss of
vowel length distinction,
monophthongisation of most
diphthongs and
several steps in a
chain shift of
vowels towards...
- Brüder /bryːdər/ This change,
sometimes called the
Central German Monophthongisation,
affects mainly the
Central German dialects,
along with
South Franconian...
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resulting in
variants such as [aɪ] and
monophthongised [aː].
Fronting and
monophthongisation of /aɪ/ are
correlated with
ethnicity and
strongest among Black, Asian...
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Vowels 8a and 10 are
ultimately the same
vowel in
Modern Scots.
Monophthongisation to /o/ may
occur before /k/. Some
mergers with
vowel 5.
Vowel length...
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reversed in
certain positions by
later "a-restoration" or retraction.
Monophthongisation of the
diphthong [ai], and
modification of
remaining diphthongs to...
- /jə/ may be
realised as /iː/, /wə/ as /uː/ and /aj/ as /eː/. This
monophthongisation does not
occur in all dialects.[citation needed] The
vowels /a, aː/...
- The
Malay Chetty creole language (also
known as
Malaccan Creole Malay,
Malacca Malay Creole and Chitties/Chetties Malay) is a Malay-based
creole spoken...
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layers of
Dutch society by that time.
Following the
previous change,
monophthongisation of
opening diphthongs: /iə/ > /iː/, /uə/ > /uː/. The
result might...
- vowels, the lack of mid
central vowels as with
British English, the
monophthongisation of
diphthongs and the
dissolving of
consonant clusters. The trap-bath...
