(Q28401088)

English

cot–caught merger

phonemic merger in some dialects of English between the phonemes /ɔː/ (often spelled with au, aw, ough, e.g. hawk) and /ɒ/ (often spelled with o, e.g. hot)

  • low back merger
  • lot–thought merger
  • Cot-caught merger

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