[ʕ]→[g]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5

Fortition Fronting Pharyngeal Velar Turkic

Voiced pharyngeal fricative to Voiced velar plosive

The voiced pharyngeal fricative /ʕ/ can undergo a phonetic transformation to the voiced velar plosive /g/. This shift involves a change in both the place and manner of articulation, moving the point of constriction from the pharynx forward to the velum and changing the sound from a fricative to a plosive.

Phonetic Effects

Fortition, Fronting, Raising

Language Examples

Turkic languages

ʕ→g— A sound change from /ʕ/ to 'G' (often representing a velar consonant like /g/ or /ɣ/) is attested in Turkic sound changes.

Related Transformations

Inverse shift (Lenition, Backing)

More Fronting Shifts

[ɡʱ] → [ʒ] — Palatalization [ɡʲ] → [dz] — Fronting [g] → [ɟ] — Palatalization [j] → [dʒ] — Fortition [j] → [dʑ] — Fortition

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