[ǃ]→[∅]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 1/5
Alveolar click to Empty sound / Zero
The elision of the alveolar click [ǃ] occurs during language shift or as clicks are lost in borrowed vocabulary. This process involves the total loss of the complex ingressive articulation, often replaced by a slight pause or compensatory lengthening of neighboring sounds.
Phonetic Effects
Elision
Language Examples
historical clicks→∅— Gradual loss of clicks in certain northern varieties or registers influenced by languages without clicks.
Related Transformations
More Elision Shifts
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