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Fronting: Back -> Central -> Front

Raising: Open -> Open-mid -> Close-mid -> Close

In Great Vowel Shift, it seems that almost every vowel was replaced by a further or higher vowel (or their diphtongs). Are fronting and raising more common in evolution of languages than their opposites?

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    That's true of the GVS, but not of the Northern Cities VS going on right now.
    – jlawler
    Commented Apr 4, 2020 at 18:07
  • @jlawler Your comment made me inquire into temperature's effect on vowels and my question is now answered completely. If you could write it as an answer I'd accept it.
    – MCCCS
    Commented Apr 9, 2020 at 8:19

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