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Niger-Congo

16 documented transformations found for this family.

Coronalization
[b] → [d]
→
Labial Palatalization
[b] → [d_palatal]
→
Palatalization
[b] → [dz]
→
Palatalization
[b] → [ts]
→
Elision
[click_alveolar] → [empty]
→
Fortition
[h] → [g]
→
Palatalization
[h] → [sh_palatal]
→
Fortition
[j_glide] → [d_palatal]
→
Fortition
[j_glide] → [zh_palatal]
→
Vowel Reduction
[o] → [schwa]
→
Palatalization
[p] → [dz]
→
Labial Palatalization
[p] → [t_palatal]
→
Palatalization
[p] → [ts]
→
Lenition
[p] → [y]
→
Fortition
[r] → [t]
→
Consonantalization
[y] → [w]
→