[b]→[h]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5
Voiced bilabial plosive to Voiceless glottal fricative
Debuccalization of [b] to [h] typically occurs through an intermediate fricative stage [β], often in intervocalic positions where the oral closure is lost.
Phonetic Effects
Language Examples
b→β/h— Intervocalic lenition in northern European Portuguese and some Brazilian dialects (b > β > h through debuccalization).
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