Canadian raising (suomeksi)

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(lb, en, phonology, dialectology) The phenomenon in some dialects of English, especially (w, Canadian English), in which (IPAchar, /aɪ/) is realized as (IPAchar, [ʌɪ]) and/or (IPAchar, /aʊ/) is realized as (IPAchar, [ʌʊ]) or (IPAchar, [ɛʊ]) before underlying unvoiced consonants.
(lb, en, phonology, dialectology) A similar but more restricted phenomenon, found in most dialects of (w, American English), that applies only to (IPAchar, /aɪ/), which is realized as (IPAchar, [ʌɪ]) in certain contexts, especially before underlying unvoiced consonants but with significant speaker-to-speaker variation.