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Nasal

17 documented transformations found for this phonetic process.

Diphthongization
[a_nas] → [ui]
→
Epenthesis
[empty] → [ng]
→
Diphthongization
[i_nas] → [ei]
→
Diphthongization
[i_nas] → [ui]
→
Place Shift
[m] → [n_uvular]
→
Reduction
[n_palatal] → [j_glide]
→
Depalatalization
[n_palatal] → [n]
→
Fricativization
[n_palatal] → [sh]
→
Lenition
[n_palatal] → [zh]
→
Debuccalization
[n] → [glottal_stop]
→
Palatalization
[n] → [n_palatal]
→
Retraction
[n] → [n_uvular]
→
Palatalization
[n] → [zh]
→
Lenition
[n_uvular] → [x_uvular]
→
Reduction
[ng] → [j_glide]
→
Palatalization
[ng] → [n_palatal]
→
Vocalization
[ng] → [w]
→