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Berber

16 documented transformations found for this family.

Vowel Reduction
[a] → [schwa]
→
Spirantization
[b] → [v]
→
Spirantization
[d] → [th_vced]
→
Epenthesis
[empty] → [u]
→
Spirantization
[g] → [gamma]
→
Assibilation
[g] → [sh]
→
Spirantization
[g] → [x]
→
Palatalization
[g] → [y]
→
Fortition
[gamma] → [q]
→
Reduction
[i] → [schwa]
→
Lenition
[k] → [x]
→
Fricativization
[t] → [th_vless]
→
Vowel Reduction
[u] → [schwa]
→
Fortition
[uvular_fricative] → [q]
→
Fortition
[x_uvular] → [q]
→
Voicing
[x_uvular] → [uvular_fricative]
→