[d]→[r]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiced alveolar plosive to Alveolar trill
The shift from [d] to [r] is a form of Rhotacism involving the weakening of a voiced alveolar stop into a tap or trill. This is particularly common in certain Italian dialects and in fast speech in English.
Language Examples
madonna→maronna— Intervocalic [d] regularly shifts to [r] in Neapolitan.
ladder [d]→[ɾ]— In many English dialects, intervocalic /d/ is realized as an alveolar tap [ɾ], a rhotic sound.
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