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Spanish

48 documented transformations found for this language.

Diphthongization
[a] → [ie]
→
Diphthongization
[a] → [ue]
→
Lenition
[b] → [empty]
→
Spirantization
[b] → [v]
→
Voicing
[ch] → [j_palatal]
→
Deaffrication
[ch] → [s]
→
Retraction
[ch] → [x]
→
Lenition
[d_palatalized] → [empty]
→
Lenition
[d] → [j_glide]
→
Spirantization
[d] → [th_vced]
→
Deaffrication
[dz] → [th_vless]
→
Vocalization
[e] → [j_glide]
→
Prothesis
[empty] → [e]
→
Prothesis
[empty] → [j_glide]
→
Debuccalization
[f] → [h]
→
Lenition
[g_palatalized] → [x]
→
Deletion
[g] → [empty]
→
Spirantization
[g] → [gamma]
→
Lenition
[g] → [th_vless]
→
Fortition
[j_glide] → [zh]
→
Voicing
[k] → [g]
→
Lenition
[k] → [j_glide]
→
Fortition
[l_palatal] → [d_palatal]
→
Vocalization
[l_palatal] → [i]
→
Fortition
[l_palatal] → [j_affricate]
→
Depalatalization
[l_palatal] → [l]
→
Palatalization
[l_palatalized] → [l_palatal]
→
Palatalization
[l] → [ch]
→
Palatalization
[l] → [ch_palatal]
→
Fortition
[l] → [d]
→
Reduction
[n_palatal] → [j_glide]
→
Depalatalization
[n_palatal] → [n]
→
Assimilation
[n] → [ng]
→
Spontaneous Diphthongization
[o] → [ue]
→
Fortition
[r_flap] → [r]
→
Assibilation
[r_flap] → [z]
→
Lenition
[r] → [r_flap]
→
Retraction
[s] → [sh_retroflex]
→
Backing
[sh] → [x_uvular]
→
Elision
[th_vced] → [empty]
→
Reduction
[th_vced] → [schwa]
→
Lenition
[ts] → [th_vced]
→
Dentalization
[ts] → [th_vless]
→
Monophthongization
[ue] → [e]
→
Reduction
[ue] → [w]
→
Betacism
[v] → [b]
→
Debuccalization
[x] → [h]
→
Elision
[x_uvular] → [empty]
→