[ɖ]→[ɽ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiced retroflex stop to Voiced retroflex flap
The development of the voiced retroflex stop [ɖ] into a retroflex flap [ɽ] in intervocalic positions. This is a defining phonetic rule in many modern Indo-Aryan languages.
Phonetic Effects
Flapping, Lenition
Language Examples
baḍa→baṛā— Intervocalic /ɖ/ becomes [ɽ].
ɖ→ɽ— Flapping of intervocalic retroflex stops.
Related Transformations
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