Assertion: classical latin's vowel | /r/HasProperty | raised by final /i/
Facets:
value: by a directly following /j/. metaphony
type: OTHER
value: depending on the language
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Depending on the language, certain stressed vowels were raised (or sometimes diphthongized) either by a final /i/ or /u/ or by a directly following /j/. Metaphony is most extensive in the Italo-Romance languages, and applies to nearly all languages in Italy; however, it is absent from Tuscan, and hence from standard Italian.