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Northwest Caucasian

9 documented transformations found for this family.

Vocalization
[ain] → [a]
→
Elision
[ain] → [empty]
→
Velarization
[ain] → [gamma]
→
De-pharyngealization
[ain] → [glottal_stop]
→
Weakening
[ain] → [h]
→
Fortition
[l] → [l_fricative]
→
Elision
[x] → [empty]
→
Debuccalization
[x] → [h]
→
Backing
[z] → [gamma]
→