The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
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[d]→[l]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Voiced alveolar plosive to Alveolar lateral approximant

Lateralization (or Lambdacism) is the shift of a stop consonant to a lateral liquid. In Italic and Hellenic linguistics, this is a famous historical shift where alveolar [d] became [l].

Phonetic Effects

Lateralization

Language Examples

dingua→lingua— Archaic Latin shift of initial d- to l-.
odor→olor— Variation between stop and lateral in Latin roots.
Greek dacru→Latin lacrima— Borrowing or shared root showing d/l alternation between Greek and Latin.

Related Transformations

More Lateralization Shifts

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