[ɟ]→[ð]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiced palatal plosive to Voiced dental fricative
The transformation from a voiced palatal plosive (/ɟ/) to a voiced dental fricative (/ð/) is an attested phonetic shift, primarily occurring through a process of lenition. This change involves both a 'softening' of the consonant's articulation from a complete stop to a continuous fricative, and a retraction of the tongue's primary point of articulation from the hard palate to the dental region. Such shifts often happen in specific phonetic environments, like between vowels, where consonants tend to weaken.
Phonetic Effects
Lenition, Depalatalization, Retraction of the Place of Articulation
Language Examples
/ɟ/→[ð]-like interdental fricative— Occurs intervocalically, reflecting a lenition pattern common in Western Bundjalung dialects.
Related Transformations
More Lenition Shifts
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