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[d]→[dʱ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Voiced alveolar plosive to Voiced aspirated alveolar plosive

Aspiration is a phonetic process where a burst of air accompanies the release of a stop consonant. The shift from unaspirated [d] to aspirated [dʱ] is phonemically distinctive in many Indo-Aryan and other language families, representing a key phonological feature in consonant inventories.

Phonetic Effects

Aspiration

Language Examples

Hindi Indo-Aryan

[d]→[dʱ]— Phonemic contrast between unaspirated and aspirated voiced stop in Hindi.

Sindhi Indo-Aryan

[d]→[dʱ]— Phonemic contrast between unaspirated and aspirated voiced stop in Sindhi.

Related Transformations

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More Indo-Aryan Shifts

[ai] → [e] — Monophthongization [kʰ] → [tʃ] — Palatalization [ai] → [ɛ] — Monophthongization [bʱ] → [b] — Deaspiration [bʱ] → [∅] — Lenition

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