[d]→[∅]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5
Voiced alveolar plosive to Empty sound / Zero
The elision of [d] is a common stage of lenition in Romance languages. It typically involves an intermediate stage where the stop weakens to a voiced fricative [ð] before disappearing entirely, particularly in intervocalic or word-final positions.
Phonetic Effects
Elision, Lenition
Language Examples
hablado [ð]→habla'o [∅]— Common elision of the past participle suffix in Caribbean and Andalusian Spanish.
pedem (Latin)→pé— Total loss of the intervocalic dental stop.
Related Transformations
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