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Nilo-Saharan

10 documented transformations found for this family.

Fronting
[a] → [e]
→
Vowel Reduction
[a] → [schwa]
→
Voice Loss
[d] → [t]
→
Spirantization
[g] → [x]
→
Elision
[k] → [empty]
→
Lenition
[k] → [x]
→
Consonantization
[ou] → [w]
→
Voicing
[s] → [z]
→
Voicing
[t_retroflex] → [d_retroflex]
→
Voicing
[t] → [d]
→