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Mayan

15 documented transformations found for this family.

Debuccalization
[b] → [glottal_stop]
→
Merger
[ch] → [ch_retroflex]
→
Vowel Raising
[e] → [i]
→
Glottalization
[h] → [glottal_stop]
→
Debuccalization
[j_glide] → [h]
→
Palatalization
[k] → [ch]
→
Debuccalization
[k] → [glottal_stop]
→
Denasalization
[ng] → [h]
→
Vowel Raising
[o] → [u]
→
Fronting
[q] → [k]
→
Vocalization
[r] → [j_glide]
→
Palatalization
[t] → [ch]
→
Debuccalization
[t] → [glottal_stop]
→
Debuccalization
[v] → [glottal_stop]
→
Debuccalization
[w] → [h]
→