Vowel lowering, triggered by a following non-high vowel (often specifically a low vowel such as /a/).Vowel fronting, triggered by a following front vowel (often specifically a high front vowel such as /i/).Vowel raising, triggered by a following high vowel (often specifically a high front vowel such as /i/).The most commonly seen types of umlaut are the following: In the general sense, umlaut is essentially the same as regressive metaphony. Thus, one way the language may change is that these two vowels get drawn closer together. If the vowels were closer together, it would take less effort. If a word has two vowels, one far back in the mouth and the other far forward, it takes more effort to pronounce.
Umlaut is a form of assimilation, the process of one speech sound becoming more similar to a nearby sound. While a common English plural is umlauts, the German plural is Umlaute. The term umlaut was originally coined in connection with the study of Germanic languages, as it had occurred prominently in the history of many of them (see Germanic umlaut). In linguistics, umlaut (from German "sound alteration") is a sound change in which a vowel is pronounced more like a following vowel or semivowel. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.You should also add the template to the talk page.A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at ] see its history for attribution. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation.If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality.
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